Generous buffets, treasured covered dishes, golden turkeys stuffed with dressing. Each is a staple of holiday entertaining, and each brings its own challenges when it comes to safely feeding ourselves ...
Many years ago, I wrote “Easy-Bake Oven” on my Christmas wish list. I had been perusing the toy section of the thick holiday mail-order catalog that delighted the kids of my generation. We had no ...
Old habits die hard. That may be particularly true for kitchen routines. But could your typical food-handling habits be making you sick? Each year 76 million Americans suffer from foodborne illness, ...
SAN DIEGO — Turkey, mashed potatoes, salad, cranberry sauce, listeria, salmonella, E. coli — wait, what? That’s right, Thanksgiving — the Super Bowl of cooking for home chefs — is upon us. And if ...
Your appetite for reducing food waste just might be tied to your risk tolerance. Moldy cheese. Old yogurt. That pot of soup you left on the counter overnight. No one enjoys wasting food. It’s like ...
The other day, I wiped off and arranged the outdoor furniture on our patio after the furniture finally came out of storage. Then I sat down at the table to enjoy the warm breeze and admire the flowers ...
With all the cooking, feasting and leftover-keeping that comes with the holidays, it can be hard to know how to keep food safe. Sometimes we just do what our families did growing up (like storing rice ...
SAN DIEGO — Turkey, mashed potatoes, salad, cranberry sauce, listeria, salmonella, E. coli — wait, what? That’s right, Thanksgiving — the Super Bowl of cooking for home chefs — is upon us. And if ...