"A book that takes advantage of everything"
  
 If we had to name an iconic animal of our culture, it would undoubtedly be the pig, at least in terms of gastronomy. that nearly 3,000 words and 2,000 proverbs and popular sayings have been collected . These are accompanied by more than a thousand illustrations and a map where the breeding areas and denominations of origin are represented.
 Also included are articles on the origin of the pig, breeds, the transgenic pig for human transplants, the pig in Columela and Alonso de Herrera, the pig in the Bible and in the Muslim and Jewish religions, ordinances on the pig, home slaughter, diseases of pigs, the pig in the literature, etc.