This versatile fat makes my tamales, fried chicken, noodles, and baked goods so much better.

A mix of well-marbled beef and pork cuts on boards - Sarapulsar38/Getty Images When it comes to the differences between beef tallow and lard, some are obvious -- and others you can only learn from ...

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 ...

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 ...