There are few ingredients more flavorful, economical, or deeply tied to Southern culinary heritage than hog jowl. Traditionally eaten on New Year's Day—whether cooked with black-eyed peas or collard ...

Hog jowl is not exotic. It is not trendy. It is not something you share a photo of, or a hashtag for clout. It is jaw meat — salted, smoked and stubborn. And it is one of the main ingredients of ...