Have you ever considered using lard to make soap? It is easy to locate, inexpensive, and has a long history as a soap-making staple. This lard soap recipe for homemade lard soap adds a few extras to ...

Should You Use Lard Instead of Butter When Making a Pie Crust? Does it make the flakiest, most flavorful pastry? It depends who you ask. Ask a random sampling of pastry chefs, bakers, and home cooks ...

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 ...

Connecticut farmer Kate Bogli and some of her livestock. (Photo by KATE ROY) If you ask a home cook today if they have ever made their own lard from a pig, you can probably expect an emphatic “no.” It ...

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 ...

If ever there was an old-school comestible with a fat chance at trendiness, lard would seem to be it. However, though the name alone is enough to conjure a frisson of dismay, lard appears poised to ...

There's a moment most people have experienced at least once. You bite into a slice of pie at a family gathering, one that ...

The Vleesindustrie Valkenswaard site, which specialises in lard and fat production, is to close with activities to be redistributed throughout the Vion business. Production at Vleesindustrie ...