Today, pre-Thanksgiving hysteria moves from the bird to the dessert. In The Times, Melissa Clark obsessively tests pie crust methods to conclude, at least for now, that a little duck fat makes the ...

Tubs of Crisco vegetable shortening on grocery store shelf - PJ McDonnell/Shutterstock While butter and oil are familiar kitchen staples for most of us, shortening is something of a mystery for many ...

When it comes to pies, Margie Milligan, of Clay, doesn't believe in shortcuts. Not even during the busy holiday season. She makes her own crust. She buys fresh pie pumpkins. She usually jars her own ...

At the dawn of the 20th century, observant Jewish women made pie crusts and other pastries using rendered chicken fat as shortening! They actually fried chicken skins until yellow fat oozed into the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While butter and oil are familiar kitchen staples for most of us, shortening is something of a mystery for many home cooks.