Hank Will, author of Lard: The Lost Art of Cooking with Your Grandmother’s Secret Ingredient, passed along this crust recipe that uses lard and Karo syrup. In this outtake he says he’s not sure which ...

Karo syrup sent me a box full of Karo light corn syrup, sugar, bittersweet chocolate, 2 pounds of almonds and a recipe for Decadent Chocolate-Almond Toffee. Never one to back away from a challenge, I ...

When I left my childhood home in Uvalde for a life of my own, the most cherished thing I took with me was the family recipe for pecan pie. My great-grandmother had seven pecan trees in her yard; at ...

Corn syrup is gross. I guess it’s okay in small quantities—say, to give homemade caramels a bit of chew—but it’s too one-note to be a standalone sweetener. As such, I avoid it when I can. Sadly, my ...