Lard has a dire reputation. The great misunderstood fat, it has long been written off as unhealthy and unpalatable. But while ...

"It takes away a lot of the character of the flavor and some of the great properties of lard." Many home cooks who haven't cooked or baked a lot with lard aren't aware that the fat you get from ...

Both products have a base of pork fat, but the similarities pretty much end there. To make lard, a fatty piece of pork or a slab of pure pork fat is cooked low and slow, until all the fat melts out ...