Forget the eggnog, the Christmas ham, and the hot buttered rum. For many Filipino families, no Christmas Eve dinner can be complete without one crucial, crispy-skinned centerpiece: a whole roast pig. ...

It’s hard to argue against lechon asado as the perfect Christmas Eve meal. The slow-roasted cut that’s loved year-round from the Caribbean to the Southern Cone is culled from a different part of the ...

Miami has a little different take on the presidential turkey pardoning as Mayor Carlos Gimenez added some caliente to the tradition by pardoning a pig. Roasted pig or lechon is the centerpiece of many ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - For many Cuban families in Louisiana, Christmas means gathering for a traditional lechon, a pig roast that serves as the centerpiece of their holiday celebration. Vivian Nieto, ...

Filiponos were Sunday advised to avoid lavish Christmas parties and take it easy on the traditional roast pig in keeping with President Benigno Aquino's austerity measures for the mainly Catholic ...

Welcome the Year of the Roast Pig!” was how geomancer Master Aldric Dalumpines greeted me on the phone. Lechon is the lucky food of the year, he gleefully said. Savoring each bite will align you with ...

Another politically charged food crisis is looming this holiday season. There will likely be little or no ham or lechon for Christmas. Or because the price will be prohibitive for the fiesta-loving ...

Hi, everyone. I’m Dedet. Christmas evenings were spent with my daddy’s relatives. I had this uncle who, before giving me his gift, would always tell me “Dedet, napabayaan ka nanaman sa kusina." My ...

With Christmas parties having started this past week alone, I had General’s spicy garlic lechon three times. Of course I try not to eat too much of this festive staple. But when faced with a caliber ...

Serving lechon and ham this Christmas will be more costly for Filipinos as their prices have gone up amid high demand, according to the "24 Ors" report by Tina Panganiban-Perez. At La Loma, the known ...