If you didn’t grow up in a family with a cook who taught you how to store bacon grease, it might seem like a foreign concept. We clean off all other pan drippings after cooking, so why save these?

Learn how to store this cooking essential so you don't waste a drop. Is there anything better than the smell of bacon frying in a pan? Well, sure—the bacon itself. But when you fry up a pan of bacon, ...

Dear Heloise: I have found that freezing cooked bacon for later use in BLTs (bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich), etc., is a great timesaver and kitchen-mess saver. Use a shield to minimize grease ...