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Tag: #Fats

Browse our collection of food history articles exploring the legacy, heritage, and stories behind Fats.

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Jar of golden schmaltz with gribenes and fried onions
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Schmaltz

How rendered poultry fat seasoned Ashkenazi cooking, fried onions, and later “ancestral fat” nostalgia

Ashkenazi Jewish kitchens of Central and Eastern Europe7 min read
Jar of creamy white duck fat beside roasted potatoes and duck confit
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Duck Fat

How rendered duck fat moved from French farmhouse confit to bistro fries and modern fat revival

French and wider European farmhouse poultry cooking7 min read
Block of white lard beside pie dough and a cast-iron skillet
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Lard

How rendered pig fat built pies, tamales, and fryers — then lost shelf space to industrial vegetable oils

Wherever pigs were raised; strong European and American pastry traditions7 min read
Split coconuts showing white meat, shell, and tropical palm context
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Coconut

How the coconut palm became water, milk, oil, sugar, and a defining fat of coastal Asian and Pacific kitchens

Central Indo-Pacific coasts7 min read