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dirty kitchen stove

Dirtiest Spots in Your Kitchen

In general, most people do a pretty good job of keeping their kitchen clean. They clean and sanitize counter tops and clean the insides of the refrigerator, oven and microwave when needed. But there…

Vacuuming dill. Vacuum packing machine on the table

Vacuum Packing

Vacuum sealers or vacuum packing machines are popular and frequently found in home kitchens. Their main purpose is to remove air from a food package before sealing. Vacuum packing changes the food’s…

Person placing white casserole dish of cooked rice into a microwave oven

Microwave Mythbusters

It’s time for some more MythBusters from the Partnership for Food Safety Education (PSFE). This is a group of food manufacturers, governmental food safety agencies, grocery stores, consumers and…

Cookie cutters, with raw cookie dough and flour on top of a counter with a rolling pin.

Holiday Food Myths Busted

Remember that old television show called MythBusters? It focused on popular beliefs, old wives tales, internet rumors and other myths. The show then tests---based on science---to determine if the…