It’s a butcher’s or cook’s axiom that more flavorful meat comes from the animal’s tougher, more muscle-bound and sinew-riven cuts. Such is the case with pork shoulder, an inexpensive part of the pig ...

Perfect pulled pork — one that yields to the gentlest pressure of a fork — is no longer a mystery to obtain. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times) For weeks, I had hyped a North Carolina-style ...

In a human, the shoulder sits atop the arm, but pigs don't have arms so pork shoulder is actually the bit that comes just above the front leg. That means that these muscles get quite a workout ...

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