Andrist, of Grand Forks, advanced into the third week of the month-long contest, which was held in August and September. Sixteen bakers participated in the first-ever tournament.

Before mass-produced vegetable oils became common, lard was one of the primary fats used in cooking worldwide. Unlike mo ...

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 ...

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 ...

If ever there was an old-school comestible with a fat chance at trendiness, lard would seem to be it. The name alone is enough to conjure up a frisson of Chefs, home cooks going whole hog for lard ...

Jennifer outlines of the history of lard – its importance and how its use fell out of favor, techniques to render it, and which parts of the pig make the best fat for cooking and baking. The ...

Maybe that’s because hongshao, a Chinese braising technique that translates to red-cooking or red-braising, invites variation. You can simmer any cut of pork, beef or poultry hongshao-style, as ...

How To Render Lard The Right Way. By Diana Bauman Posted February 24, 2011. Tweet. The Fear Of Fat.