Olive oil gets all the praise, but there are dozens of oils that deserve ample use in your kitchen. While most of these oils are plant-based coming in the form of vegetable, soy, corn, coconut, and ...

Lard was the canary in the coal mine of culinary correctness. Rendered pig fat was ubiquitous in human diets for centuries. It was used to fry everything from dough to chicken and was an essential ...

What secret ingredient makes the pie crust so crisp and flaky? If you're from the Midwest, you may have guessed: Lard. The pig fat reviled for decades as supremely unhealthy is undergoing a lipid ...

Goulash is a greatly varied dish depending on where you are, with a rich, fascinating history. Here is its origin, from way ...

Ron Silver, the owner of Bubby's restaurant in Brooklyn, recently put a word on his menu you don't often see anymore: lard. The white, creamy, processed fat from a pig. And he didn't use the word just ...

Startled by news about the dangers of trans fats, writer Pete Wells happily contemplates the return of good old-fashioned lard. Award-winning food writer Pete Wells has been the restaurant critic for ...

A block of sliced smoked lard - Tudor Adamache / 500px/Getty Images It is often said that the four essential elements of cooking are salt, fat, acid, and heat. And while most people know their lemon ...

Lard is a type of semisolid fat that’s widely used in baking and cooking to give foods a rich flavor and creamy texture. However, it’s also high in saturated fat and made from pork, a meat that people ...

I was eager to try Grandfather Carrot Cake since I heard that the stall uses pork lard at the customer’s behest. Ever since ...

Lard is often overlooked in the dairy aisle but it has some surprising health benefits. (Getty Images) It's hard to imagine now a world in which lard was a sought-after ingredient. But that's exactly ...