There is nothing like a good pork cutlet, pounded into an escalope a scant quarter-inch thick, breaded and pan-fried to a crispy brown, so big its edges reach beyond the rim of a large dinner plate.

Follow our advice for perfectly moist and delicious pork every time. But for a lot of people, pork is still notoriously difficult to cook properly — it can turn dry and fibrous, or overly fatty and ...