Unable to afford college, he did what he could to get by, finding work as a gas station attendant, a produce salesman, a meat-cutter, and a welder in the shipyards of Baltimore and Tampa during World War II.

WHITEHOUSE: Remembering Senator Robert Byrd

Back in my kitchen, I unrolled the meat and scored the rind using a box-cutter, making the lines as close-together as I had the patience for, aiming for about a half inch apart.

WSJ: The Pragmatist's Porchetta