Food News: The Latest on BPA
Bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical found in plastics and food packaging, has made headlines in the past couple of years as it has been linked to heart disease, diabetes, breast and prostate cancers, and re...
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Does Your Fridge Have a Fever? Check Its Temperature!
We received a nasty shock early last week when all our refrigerated food suddenly and mysteriously started spoiling! The culprit ended up being a busted cooling fan, but we learned a lot about fridges...
Top 10 Riskiest Foods: Are You Concerned?
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), a consumer watchdog group, recently released a controversial report on "The Ten Riskiest Foods Regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration....
How Can I Safely Preserve Homemade Soups?
Ask the Guest Expert: Canning Questions for Marisa McClellan
Q: I have been told that its fine to use sterilized jars and put HOT soup in them — then turn them upside down and let them seal themselves. Is this a good method for low risk foods? — ...
Is It Safe To Use My Own Recipes for Canning?
Ask the Guest Expert: Canning Questions for Marisa McClellan
Q: How do you can something when you didn't make it specifically from a canning recipe? I make all kinds of soups I would love to can but they're not from a canning recipe book. — Question aske...
Is It OK If There Are Air Bubbles In Finished Jars?
Ask the Guest Expert: Canning Questions for Marisa McClellan
Q: I just canned a whole bunch of food for the first time yesterday. Mostly pickles and jam, but I also canned two tomato based things: spicy salsa and crushed tomatoes. I added commercial lemon juice...
My Strawberry Jam Went Bad! Why Did That Happen?
Ask the Guest Expert: Canning Questions for Marisa McClellan
Q: Several months after canning strawberry jam, I looked at the jars and the top layer of the jam was brown and smelled and tasted bad. Any idea what I may have done? It was so disappointing! I do t...
Is It Safe to Can Meat Sauces?
Ask the Guest Expert: Canning Questions for Marisa McClellan
Q: I'm curious: is the process for canning meat sauces (with tomatoes, etc. in the jar also) any different from canning vegetarian sauces? From marthag...
Tip: Five Ways to Keep Your Cutting Board from Slipping
If you've spent any amount of time doing prep work for a big dinner, you know how annoying it can be to have a your cutting board constantly slipping around on you. We've talked about this before, but...
Nagging Food Questions, Kevin's Law, and Backwards Beekeeping
Good Food with Evan Kleiman
Each Saturday, we make it a special point to tune in to Evan Kleiman's radio program Good Food. Our favorites from this week's show included an explanation for the ice cream headache, a very personal ...
New Trend: Tracing Your Food and FindtheFarmer.com
We missed this article in The New York Times over the weekend, but reader mschatelaine gave us the heads up in our most recent Open Thread. The story is about one company's mission to help customers c...
Food Science: Why Do Peeled Potatoes Turn Pink?
Looking up from prep work to find your peeled and cut potatoes have all taken on a disconcerting pinkish hue is a bit startling and downright unappetizing! Why does this happen? Is it safe? And is the...
Quick Tip: How to Cool Soup Quickly with an Ice Paddle
With all the slow-cooking, slow-simmering recipes we're doing these days, we inevitably find ourselves close to bedtime with a fresh pot of soup still steaming hot on our counter. Here's a way to quic...
Reminder: Eat, Freeze, or Toss Your Thanksgiving Leftovers!
Sorry to say, folks, but those great Thanksgiving leftovers should get eaten, frozen, or tossed after today to avoid anyone getting sick. After all, there's more good food to come and we need the frid...
Holiday Meals: Food Safety Reminder!
As you're basting your turkeys and stressing over pie crusts, don't forget to keep an eye on food safety! Here's a few key food safety issues to be aware of:...
California Proposition 2 And How It Affects Your Food
It's election season and everyone is talking about politics. We promise, this is a food blog and not a political blog, but if you're in California, here's one item that affects your food: California ...
Weekend Project: Freezing Fresh Produce
If you don't have the time or energy for canning, freezing fresh produce is one of the quickest and easiest ways to stretch summer's bounty into the cold season. Here's a round-up of our tips, techniq...
Why Is My Pickled Garlic Blue?
Two weeks ago, I pickled a bunch of garden vegetables and have been storing them in the fridge. Last night I pulled the jar out to see if they were ready and noticed one of the garlic cloves is blue....
What To Do If You Get A Food-Borne Illness
Faith's post yesterday about what to do when your fridge goes out got us thinking. Sometimes even after all precautions are taken, food-borne illness does happen. Those little guys in the photo abov...
Food Science: Why Potatoes Turn Green
Our post the other week on the best place to store potatoes brought up an interesting food science (and food safety!) issue: why the skin on potatoes sometimes takes on a greenish color. ...
Mad Cow, Raw Milk, and Jalapeños:
Top food news for August 18-22
Wow, the food news this week is chock-full of food recalls. Read all about it here ......
Tuna & Beef Recalls, GMO Food, and Obesity Taxes:
Top food news for August 11-15
Here we are with the weekly news roundup. Lots of interesting stuff inside! Read on ......
Soya Linked to Male Infertility
Top food news for July 28 - Aug 2
Wednesday means we're here with the weekly news roundup. Read all about it here....
Threatened Truffles, Ground Beef Recall, and Foie Gras:
Top food news for May 19-23
Wow, so much food news this week, but most of it good! Read on ......
Food Safety: How to Use Ice Baths to Cool Food Quickly
When you cook soup, stock, or any other dish that you're planning to portion and store, do you immediately place it in the fridge or freezer? If you answer "yes," you may be increasing your risk of c...
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