Lard used to be a dirty word. And its Italian cousin, lardo, would prompt puzzled looks followed by the inevitable “What’s that?” But now, lardo—cured pork fat—is cool, thanks to chefs such as Cafe ...

Chef Rick Gencarelli is ready to reveal Rhinestone, a new Tex Mex-style smoked meat breakfast burrito restaurant in the former downtown Portland home of his sandwich shop, Lardo, which quietly closed ...

Larderia Mafalda makes one product and makes it very well. “We are the oldest lardo producer in Colonnata — since 1930,” says Carlo Danesi, director of production at Larderia Mafalda in Colonnata, ...

Salty, fatty, savory, meaty, and delicious any time of day, cured pork is a special ingredient that carnivores adore. "The aroma of fresh cured meats can't be denied," says Peter Parrota of Calabria ...

In South Philly, where partisans yell insults across the street as they line up for cheesesteaks, hitting two sandwich shops in the same day wouldn't fly. And maybe it shouldn't, given how bloated ...

Rick Gencarelli is building a fire. The Lardo and Grassa chef, whose Greek-inspired restaurant, Bluto’s, opened quietly last Friday, has spent the past few days relearning a valuable lesson: Tending a ...

The fight over the Lardo sandwich chain just got its stakes raised in a mighty way. This afternoon, Lardo stakeholder Ramzy Hattar filed a $9 million lawsuit in Multnomah County Circuit Court, ...