The Pork Roll Cookbook: 50 Recipes for a Regional Delicacy

The Pork Roll Cookbook is the ultimate tribute to the mid-Atlantic’s favorite porky treat!

The Pork Roll Cookbook is a celebration of pork roll, the ham-based treat that originated in Trenton, New Jersey, in 1856, and remains popular there today. It explores the world of this tasty, salty meat and its history, and features more than 50 dishes made with this unique regional delicacy.

Inside this book, you will find recipes such as:

• Crispy Pork Roll Hash
• Candied Pork Roll
• Deviled Eggs with Pork Roll
• Homemade Beef and Pork Pork Meatballs
• Jersey-Style Creamy Dip

Typically enjoyed as a breakfast sandwich consisting of fried pork roll, fried egg, and cheese on a hard roll or bagel, this book will expand your porky horizons with recipes for Pork Roll Hawaiian Pizza and Pork Roll Jambalaya. Know someone from New Jersey who doesn’t live there anymore? Cure their homesickness with The Pork Roll Cookbook.

Susan Sprague Yeske is familiar to food lovers in central New Jersey from her years as Food Editor for The Times of Trenton. She continues to write a weekly Food Notes column and is an award-winning restaurant critic for the newspaper.