Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Also, when and how to use it. Liudmila Chernetska / Getty Images It might not be an ingredient you hear about very often today, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo credit: Maximilian Stock Ltd. Lard brings to mind traditional meals like flaky pie crusts and fresh Mexican tamales. For ...

People are finally coming around to the idea that fat is a necessary and healthful part of the diet, and it is high time. These “healthy fats” are not just the plant-based oils so often touted, such ...

At the beginning of every month, I make a fresh batch of lard. I swing by my local butcher shop and lug home bags of leaf lard, the ropey-looking section of pork fat that clings to the pig's kidney ...

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 ...

The sources that follow are a mix of farms raising pigs on pasture or businesses sourcing lard from pastured pigs. Some offer leaf lard, the creamy sheath of fat that surrounds the kidney, while ...

When it comes to the differences between beef tallow and lard, some are obvious -- and others you can only learn from experience. Fortunately, Food Republic was able to sit down with Greg Hozinsky, ...

With every new piece of research on the effects of food on our health and wellbeing, public opinions tend to sway, resulting in fad diets. These eating trends are nothing new. A different diet has ...

So by now most of us have gotten the message: Trans fats are bad for you. Really, really bad. What’s more, the same people — doctors, nutrition scientists, the whole fricking government — that for ...

This versatile fat makes my tamales, fried chicken, noodles, and baked goods so much better. Depending on the batch, lard's flavor can range from distinctly meaty to neutral and all-but flavorless.