At Lola Tining’s Cuisine in Oak Park, they make lechon kawali throughout the day, “so that it’s always crisp,” explains manager Ashley Strong. In the Philippines, this terribly delicious traditional ...

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 kitchen ...

Lechon, the national pork dish of the Philippines, is poised to pick up a serious fan base in pork-loving Cincinnati. Eduardo Deza, one of the owners of Kuya Ed's, said he sold out in four hours ...

The classic Filipino dish lechon kawali combines fatty, tender pork belly with a crackle-crisp skin that practically shatters at first bite. To make it, you’d need to season and boil pork belly then ...

Ah, lechon! That all-too-familiar crackle from its skin is enough to send pleasurable chills down one’s spine. Whether it’s a whole roast, baked pork belly, lechon kawali, minced for sisig or a taco ...

Life got in the way this week, and so my recent meals looked like cold pizza leftovers consumed in the car (Cane Rosso, if you're wondering) and bowls of cereal for dinner. Yes, even a food writer ...

If you’ve ever struggled with carving a thick, unwieldy roll of crispy pata, you should try the dish served at Serye Restaurant. In its rendition of this Filipino classic, the pork has already been ...

The District, Maryland, and Virginia have long fostered a thriving Filipino community who could get their fix of lumpia (skinny egg rolls) and lechon kawali (crispy pork belly) from diners and turo ...