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Tag: #Pastry

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

2 articles

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
Fine raw and toasted kataifi pastry threads with pistachios, syrup, clarified butter, and a piece of knafeh
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Kataifi

How medieval batter sweets, Ottoman pastry craft, Levantine knafeh, Greek kataifi, and one viral chocolate bar turned fine dough threads into a global ingredient

Eastern Mediterranean, Anatolia, and the Levant12 min read