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The Healthy Fats Coalition interviews Andrea Chesman, a prolific cookbook author and editor known for her expertise in seasonal cooking, pickling, and gardening, including her celebrated work that showcases cooking with animal fats in "The Fat Kitchen."
Whose idea was it to commercialize/productize bacon grease? Better N Bacon LLC (BNB) is the company behind Bacon Up® Bacon Grease. BNB is a family-founded, family-funded entrepreneurial venture started and managed by five siblings who grew up in Owensboro, Kentucky. For decades now, the siblings and their extended families have been frying turkeys at their Thanksgiving gatherings. A few years back they used bacon grease instead of peanut oil and LOVED it. The light bulb went off and the brainstorming began on how they could package and market authentic, ready-to-use bacon grease for the masses – and what eventually became “Bacon Up” was born.
#NationalLardDay is the brainchild of the HFC, a group of like-minded organizations, companies and individuals that have developed an educational initiative dedicated to the proposition that healthy fats aren’t merely having a moment – they’re here to stay, as an essential part of the American diet.
Established in 1999, the Weston A. Price Foundation showcases the work of its namesake and the nutrition/health principles that are his legacy. Weston Andrew Valleau Price (1870 –1948) was a Canadian dentist known primarily for his theories on the relationship between nutrition, dental health, and physical health. He founded the research institute National Dental Association, which became the research section of the American Dental Association and served as the NDA's chairman from 1914 to 1928. In 1945, he published a seminal book, Nutrition and Physical Degeneration, on his theories. Today, the Foundation operates what is regarded as the most viewed alternative nutrition website on the Internet, westonaprice.org.
In what has become a yummy mid-summer ritual, the Healthy Fats Coalition (HFC) is marking today, July 13, as the Sixth Annual #NationalBeefTallowDay -- a celebration of beef fat, an authentic, traditional ingredient that brings out the very best in food. Like pure lard, duck fat, goose fat and other animal fats, beef tallow is enjoying a resurgence within America’s food culture, in restaurants and fast casual operations.
#HealthyFatsDay was established to spread awareness of the importance of fat in our diet & to help give a platform for information about the facts and myths surrounding it.
National Lard Day is a celebration of pure lard, a traditional, authentic animal fat that is enjoying a heyday within America’s food culture, in restaurants, fast food operations and home kitchens.
A Q&A featuring HFC member, Dr. Cate Shanahan, discussing the importance of healthy animal fats in our diet.
