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  • Babaloos Cuban Cafe executive chef Robert Gonzalez says a popular holiday dish during his childhood was a roasted pork called lechon asado.

    unknown title 2009

  • Babaloos Cuban Cafe executive chef Robert Gonzalez says a popular holiday dish during his childhood was a roasted pork called lechon asado.

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  • To make a living, Lolita owns and operates a "lechon" (roasted pig) business.

    Kiva Loans 2010

  • The main source of income for the business comes from providing "lechon" to local community members.

    Kiva Loans 2010

  • But first you must know how some of this lechon would taste after a little swim in your Tio's new deep fryer...and you will ride your Segway to the kitchen and find out.

    El Guapo: Sinverguenza: A Holiday Survival Guide El Guapo 2011

  • Posing for the cameras while eating some Latin delicacy this time it was lechon -- check!

    Jose Suarez: Politicians Should Stop Sipping Cortaditos and Wake up and Smell the Real Miami Jose Suarez 2012

  • Posing for the cameras while eating some Latin delicacy this time it was lechon -- check!

    Jose Suarez: Politicians Should Stop Sipping Cortaditos and Wake up and Smell the Real Miami Jose Suarez 2012

  • In old San Juan, Puerto Rico, only a fellow chef would have led a hungry gang of mainland cooks to the best spot for heady sancocho, and another for a textbook lechon, that ideal expression of the pig and its juxtaposition of crispy, juicy, and fatty.

    Michael Laiskonis: Travel Like a Chef Michael Laiskonis 2010

  • In old San Juan, Puerto Rico, only a fellow chef would have led a hungry gang of mainland cooks to the best spot for heady sancocho, and another for a textbook lechon, that ideal expression of the pig and its juxtaposition of crispy, juicy, and fatty.

    Michael Laiskonis: Travel Like a Chef Michael Laiskonis 2010

  • In old San Juan, Puerto Rico, only a fellow chef would have led a hungry gang of mainland cooks to the best spot for heady sancocho, and another for a textbook lechon, that ideal expression of the pig and its juxtaposition of crispy, juicy, and fatty.

    Michael Laiskonis: Travel Like a Chef Michael Laiskonis 2010

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