Food safety is of the utmost important in professional kitchens, and there are some basic strategies you can follow in your home kitchen to ensure the food you cook is not just delicious, but also safe from cross-contamination and pathogens. One of the fundamental defenses against pathogens is the observance […]
Cooling foods properly before refrigerating is an important but often overlooked step in food safety and quality. When a hot pot of soup or casserole goes straight into the refrigerator, it doesn’t cool evenly. The exterior chills first while the center may stay warm for hours—long enough for bacteria to […]
Our world sometimes feels much larger than it once did, and at a time when we can buy produce from half a world away whenever we want it, some traditional methods of food preservation, like canning, may seem like old news. But for many of us, there is a sort […]