The Heritage Hog Cookbook

A first-of-its kind, comprehensive, accessible guide to heritage breed pigs, whole-hog butchery, and snout-to-tail cooking from the founder of Cochon555, a multicity culinary festival that celebrates heritage breed farmers and cooking, now in its tenth year. Packed with full-color photography from the festival and more than 100 recipes.

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The Heritage Hog Cookbook is a comprehensive yet fun guide to heritage breed pigs, whole-hog butchery, and snout-to-tail cooking from Brady Lowe, the founder of Cochon555.



For ten years Cochon555, a multicity culinary festival, has been supporting family farmers, educating chefs and diners about the agricultural importance of Old World livestock, and celebrating what lies beyond industrial pig farming: dozens of heritage hog breeds, each yielding pork with distinct characteristics and flavors.



About 97 percent of US pigs are raised on factory farms, and The Heritage Hog Cookbook is here to show us there is a different way. Just as whole-hog cookery leaves nothing to waste, this book utilizes every bit of pig history, culture, and gastronomy to serve up an unabashedly obsessive tribute to the greatest four-legged creature on earth.



Combining oral histories, interviews, educational essays, festival ephemera, and more than 100 award-winning, chef-created recipes from the Cochon555 archives, it is a must-have reference for anyone who loves pork or supports sustainable agriculture.



A portion of all book proceeds will be donated to Lowe's charity, Piggy Bank, which supports heritage breed farmers.