Long maligned for filthiness and gluttony, pigs are actually highly intelligent and complex animals with a remarkable set of characteristics that make them enormously useful in many applications, from bomb-sniffing to organ transplantation. Plus, they are delicious.
MODERN MARVELSĀ® travels from the lab to the sty to explore the many Ways of the Pig. Whether giving their bodies to science &mdash from eyes to pancreas many of their organs closely match our own &mdash or to the dinner table, you'll discover the fascinating role pigs play in our society.
See the pig transformed into bacon, ham, ribs and sausage using a high tech water knife at Burger's Smokehouse in Missouri. Then Chef Chris Cosentino recreates old-world dishes from pig parts and culinary artisans attempt to duplicate long-vanished pork specialties like prosciutto and acorn-fed pigs. |