“Our company is 168 years old … we’re older than Coca-Cola, Jell-O, Pillsbury," said Kim Beyer of Taylor Provisions, the Trenton-based company founded by pork roll inventor John Taylor ...

Here in the Midwest, we're not as familiar with Taylor ham, or as it's sometimes called, pork roll. It's very similar to SPAM. And it's one of Bobby Jensen's favorites. Here's his recipe for a ...

The story goes that a man named John Taylor created the first pork roll, originally calling it Taylor's prepared ham. He was forced to remove the word "ham" from the name because it didn't meet ...

The signature dish for New Jersey is the pork roll sandwich, which includes egg and cheese on a hard roll. The meat is ...

But that’s nothing compared to New Jersey’s own culinary civil war — Taylor ham versus pork roll. While the Devils and Rangers won’t meet in the regular season until Dec. 2, New Jersey’s ...

In the past I've posted about grilling Taylor Pork Roll. I love the stuff. It grills up fantastic and really tastes great with cheese on an English muffin. This year we raised the bar a little bit ...

It's this contentious cured ham that made the pork roll, egg, and cheese a legend in New Jersey. In other parts of the country, a breakfast sandwich typically means egg, cheese, and some sort of meat.

But the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 changed the definition of "ham," forcing the product to be rechristened "Taylor Pork Roll" -- a somewhat less appetizing, yet entirely accurate, description.

Keep the stalks. Lay the pieces of ham horizontally over the pork loin, this way it will roll up more easily as the roll will follow the long length of the ham slices. Sprinkle the chilli flakes ...