Traditional fats are one of the building blocks of food: they carry flavor, they provide a creamy taste and texture, and they have more nutrients per gram than their cousins carbohydrates and proteins. (When I say “traditional” fats, I mean fats from whole foods — both plant and animal — not man-made, refined fats that [...]
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While “ghee” may sound like something exotic and strange, if you’ve eaten lobster, you’ve probably sampled it–it’s also known as clarified butter or drawn butter. (Very occasionally, people call it butter oil.) “Drawn” butter describes its true nature: butter that has had the milkfat solids drawn or skimmed off of it. Since it’s the milk [...]
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