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 ...

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Also, when and how to use it. Liudmila Chernetska / Getty Images It might not be an ingredient you hear about very often today, but lard has been used in kitchens around the world for centuries—and ...

It's hard to imagine now a world in which lard was a sought-after ingredient. But that's exactly what it was during the Second World War, when, along with other fats and oils, it was rationed in both ...

The name of this cookbook says it all. Yes, it is all about cooking with lard, or "The lost art of cooking with your grandmother's secret ingredient." My grandmother used lard sometimes and her food ...

Coast Packing Company’s 8th Annual #LardLovers Recipe Contest celebrated the perfect mix of creativity, tradition, flavor and innovation. As a leading supplier of animal fat shortenings like lard and ...

VERNON, Calif., Nov. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Coast Packing Company, the leading supplier of animal fat shortenings in the Western United States, today announced the launch of its 9th Annual ...

Beef tallow is rendered fat from any part of a cow. A butchery by-product, it’s related to but less locationally specific than suet, which is the fat that surrounds the organs of cattle or lambs. Like ...