How Lobster Got Fancy – one of the most remarkable rebrandings in product history

“Lobster shells about a house are looked upon as signs of poverty and degradation,” wrote John J. Rowan in 1876. Lobster was an unfamiliar, vaguely disgusting bottom feeding ocean dweller that sort of did (and does) resemble an insect, its distant relative. The very word comes from the Old English loppe, which means spider. People …

Recipe: Easy Pork Butt

Calling this a "recipe" might be a little grandiose, but it's a great way to get a main dish going with minimal effort and maximal deliciousness. What we call pork butt is actually the shoulder. 1) Buy a pork butt. It will probably be somewhere in the 5-10 pound range. If you're lucky enough to have …