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 ...

Join me on a Puerto Rican food tour of New York City as I visit four of the city's top spots: Casa Adela, The Freakin Rican, ...

No Filipino celebration is complete without the roasted pig or ‘lechon’. Some historians say that the Spaniards possibly introduced it when they came to the Philippines in the 16th century, since the ...

The pardoning of a turkey is a presidential holiday tradition. On Tuesday, Miami officials pardoned a pig. Roasted pig is a quintessential Cuban-American centerpiece of South Florida Christmas feasts.

BAROY, Lanao del Norte (PIA)—The municipality marked its 19th Lechon Festival and 76th Araw ng Baroy with a display of roasted pigs dressed in materials that were both edible and locally sourced, as ...

Restaurants and supermarkets to order Nochebuena pernil, paleta, roasted pork, lechon plus side dishes like moros, yuca in Miami, Florida for 2020.

In March, Good Food’s Evan Kleiman and friends visited Toto’s Lechon Manok in Glassell Park. The largely takeout restaurant is particularly known for its coal-roasted chicken as well as its Cebu-style ...

Birthday, wedding, or even just a day at the beach, lechon is non-negotiable. In Cebu, the tradition is more than food; it’s ...

QUEZON CITY, Philippines — Suckling pig, known as lechon, is a staple of seasonal celebrations in the Christmas-obsessed Philippines. Guests flock to large family gatherings and office parties ...