Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pie crusts are made with very few ingredients, which means the quality of the ones you choose can make a huge difference. Above ...

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 ...

While butter and oil are familiar kitchen staples for most of us, shortening is something of a mystery for many home cooks. Technically, the word shortening can be used to describe any type of fat ...

Now there's trans fat-free shortening, made of 100 percent palm oil. Conventional shortenings like Crisco are made of vegetable oil that's been hydrogenated, a process that results in unhealthy trans ...

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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 ...