Make Sure to Avoid These Common Food Safety Mistakes
Make Sure to Avoid These Common Food Safety Mistakes
Handling foods safely is much more than throwing away expired milk or washing your fruits and vegetables…
5 Major Fast-Food Items Losing Popularity With Customers
Back in the ’90s, burgers and fries were in their heyday. There may have been a plethora of high-waisted jeans and scrunchies in that decade, too, but there was also a distinct lack of widespread health-consciousness and environmental concern. As society has continued to evolve toward the latter, fast food has, at times, struggled to keep up…
5 Foolproof Tips for How to Cook Rice
In theory, cooking rice is about as easy as it gets, requiring two ingredients and heat. But without some know-how or at least an awesome rice cooker, what should be a fluffy, soft pile of aromatic grains can easily turn into a mushy mess or charred, dry dregs…
13 Sustainable Gifts for the Extra-Green Cook in Your Life
The holidays are all about generosity and goodwill, and what better way to celebrate the season than with sustainable gifts that also give back to the planet? While the impending climate crisis isn’t the cheeriest holiday party conversation starter, the fact of the matter is that Americans annually produce over 25 million tons of extra trash from Thanksgiving to New Year’s. We all have a responsibility to look after our planet, so we’re helping you give the green way with this lineup of 13 waste-saving, tree-planting, eco-friendly gift ideas. For extra credit try popping your presents into reusable tote bags rather than swaddling them in gift wrap and swapping out plastic-coated ribbons for biodegradable cotton string. For stocking stuffers, bundle small items into decorative beeswax food wrap, which can be used again and again in the kitchen in place of plastic wrap. Whatever you decide to do, eco-friendly packaging is only as good as the contents inside—so here are our picks for the best sustainable gifts for an Earth-friendly holiday season…
A Beginner’s Guide to Thai Food
At this point in time, no one can argue that Thai food is anything other than one of the world’s great cuisines. Since Thai restaurants became fixtures in Los Angeles in the 1980s, the speed at which North Americans acquired a taste for tom yam (shrimp soup), pad Thai, som tam (green papaya salad), and green curry is remarkable. They’ve become naturalized in America and yet, despite familiarity, making Thai food at home can be daunting for a lot of cooks…
Why We Love the Cuisinart Custom 14 Cup Food Processor
When my wife and I were planning our wedding registry, there were a few classic (and new classic) kitchen gadgets we threw on the list: a KitchenAid stand mixer, an Instant Pot, and a Cuisinart Custom 14 Cup Food Processor. All of these items get regular use, but it’s the food processor that has impressed us the most. And we’re not the only ones! This simple, reliable piece of gear has been Wirecutter’s top pick since 2013 because of its excellent performance and longevity…
5 Huge New Shortages Shoppers Are Sharing This Week
Chances are good you’ve noticed some shortage or another if you’ve been inside a grocery store lately. Week by week, the national shortages keep shifting. Here are the ones shoppers have noticed this past week—it may be time to get clever and start strategizing your holiday meal-shopping accordingly…