Pan con lechón has a natural progression. What else is one to do with heaps of juicy, fatty pork leftover from a Sunday roast other than tuck it between two pieces of bread with shards of sticky skin ...

Dismayed, Angel Torres glances at his meat case. “It just isn’t like it was in the old day anymore,” he says, presiding over whole flap steaks, smoked salmon sides, and vacuum-sealed bags of oxtail.

From Cuban cigar boxes hanging on the walls to photos of Ricky Ricardo banging away on the conga drums to the Cuban version of a pulled pork sandwich known as a pan con lechon, visitors to Havana ...

Cuban food takes cues from Spanish, Caribbean, and African cuisines, but it’s probably most famous for something far less sexy—it’s namesake sandwich. This week, we break from tradition and feature a ...