Coke-Braised Carnitas
A few soda-related joys in life: Icy Coke with grilled cheese after a day at the beach; a can of Dr. Pepper to wash down my slice at Sal's Pizzeria; Orange soda -- the nasty, neon kind-- with grilled hot dogs at my elementary school end-of-the-year picnics circa 1978.
My kids have no such romantic association with soda. Last weekend, when Andy grabbed a …