Given that porchetta is Italian and the original involves skewering an entire piglet on a stick, it is not surprising that its origins are Roman. The Romans loved to skewer stuff – pigs, lambs, chickens, Jesus Christ. All of them were subject to a poke with a stick. Various parts of Italy lay claim to inventing porchetta, but its ancient, 2,000-year-old origins are in no doubt. The strongest regional claimant…
