or visiting one of the local lechón restaurants like CnT Lechon and House of Lechon. When I asked Zanoria about the couple's ambition for their business, she said that they're looking to ...

But the star of the spread—and of any Filipino party—is the crackly, golden-skinned roast pig known as lechon. Spanish colonizers in the 1600s chose that name to describe the suckling pigs they saw ...

When I asked about what foods to eat in the Philippines, most of my local friends said LECHON(Roast Suckling Pig), not just any Lechon, but Lechon from the city of Cebu. In fact, they love it so much ...

At the food hall inside sprawling Filipino supermarket Seafood City, I watched a large group devour a whole suckling pig. The weekend spectacle involved at least a dozen people carving into the skin ...

Lechon is the sort of place that brands its logo onto burger buns and stays open from 7 am to 10 pm most days, with separate menus for each meal. There's a lot going on—too much, perhaps, for a ...

Whisk together cold water and 2 tablespoons of the salt in a very large bowl until dissolved. Add papaya, and soak, covered, in refrigerator for 12 hours. Remove papaya from water; place in a ...

At the opening of the event at the Crimson Hotel, I will introduce my Cebu-Cano Lechon, a marrying of the Cebu and Ilocos lechon. Add to that an eight-hand sutukil, the Visayan way of cooking ...

The Times’s star ratings return as our restaurant critic visits La Piraña Lechonera, a weekend party in a Bronx trailer where one man serves up the rich flavors of Puerto Rico. Angel Jimenez ...

Chef Gerold Castro has opened Lechon Loco at 3511 McKinley Ave. in Tacoma with an all-day menu of Filipino breakfast plus lunch and dinner. It joins his daytime-only restaurant in Auburn ...

PUERTO RICO HIGHWAY 184 — The road to roast pork begins 30 minutes south of San Juan’s beaches. Paying the toll for Puerto Rico Highway 52 takes you deep into the interior of the island, past ...

No joke but there was an obsession palpable inside Dedet de la Fuente’s home on the night of April 1 when friends, familiar faces, and a posse of new acquaintances gathered over a festive 12 ...