food storage
How to store ginger: advice from experts
Ginger often becomes dry or moldy. For proper storage, it is important to know just a few rules.
Diana Dashkevich ginger storage tips Helpful tips 16 May 2024
If you notice this, don’t eat it: a simple way to quickly identify stale eggs
Sometimes it is difficult to determine whether an egg is spoiled or not. In this article, we will tell you how to determine this without breaking an egg.
Diana Dashkevich food eggs food facts Cooking 6 May 2024
How to extend the shelf life of butter: a useful culinary trick
In this article, you will learn how to properly store and freeze butter.
Diana Dashkevich butter kitchen hacks lifehacks Helpful tips 24 February 2024
Just ruin the taste: many people don’t know which product should not be stored in the refrigerator
Not many people know that not all foods can be stored in the refrigerator. Cold storage often harms the taste and properties of food.
Diana Dashkevich refrigerator advices housekeeping tips Helpful tips 14 February 2024
Food storage: Opened pickled vegetables – how long can they stay fresh
Picked vegetables tend to stay fresh for a really long period of time – it's one of the most long-lasting methods of preserving food. Meanwhile, as long as the can or jar is opened, they can't stay fresh and edible forever.
Kate Yakimchuk pickled vegetables food tips ideas Cooking 27 January 2024
Food storage tips: Mold – how it appears in the fridge
When you leave some food on the table for a week, then you might expect it to become dry or moldy – it's a pretty natural thing to happen. Meanwhile, when you keep your food in the fridge, then you might expect it to stay safe from mold, but it still happens regularly.
Kate Yakimchuk mold bacteria healthy food danger Cooking 27 January 2024
Food history: Sublimated foods – how they changed the life in the USA
Food has never been so accessible all the time – it used to be a huge problem to grow, buy, and store foods. Luckily, preservation methods helped people of the pact a lot, and new inventions have made it even easier for us to get fresh food almost anywhere and anytime.
Kate Yakimchuk sublimated food benefits history food Cooking 25 January 2024
Food storage tips: Soups – keep them fresh for a long time!
While it's relatively easy to freeze some cooked meat or vegetables to eat them later, it might be way harder with liquids like soups. Soups are way harder to store, and you should eat them fresh – so what should you do?
Kate Yakimchuk soup cooking tips food ideas Cooking 25 January 2024
Enoki Mushrooms: Health Benefits
Enoki is one of the traditional ingredients of Pan-Asian cuisine. Their structure is somewhat reminiscent of honey mushrooms, but they have a pale yellow color, a long stem and small caps. It tastes a little like egg yolk.
Diana Dashkevich mushrooms cooking food facts Cooking 24 January 2024
Gardening tips: Storing tomato harvest correctly
When you put lots of your time and effort into growing fruits and vegetables, you don't want your hard work to be destroyed in days. Therefore, if you have a nice harvest of tomatoes, then you have to learn how to store your harvest properly.
Kate Yakimchuk tomatoes gardening tips harvest vegetables Garden 23 January 2024
Food storage tips: Smoked fish – how to keep it fresh
Some types of food preservation can help you keep them fresh for a long time, and smoking meat or fish is one of them. Meanwhile, it's important to remember that long storage doesn't equal "staying fresh forever", so you should use additional methods to make sure everything works fine.
Kate Yakimchuk smoked fish food tips safety Cooking 23 January 2024
Food storage tips: Dairy products – how to keep them fresh
Dairy products are well-known for going off quickly, so it's always better to eat them quickly. Meanwhile, if you love to stock your food, you still need to keep them fresh for a longer time.
Kate Yakimchuk dairy products milk cheese food Cooking 22 January 2024
Coffee tips: Keep your brewed coffee fresh – use these tips!
You don't always have time to brew fresh coffee when you need it, and you don't always have a nice coffee shop nearby. Luckily, even the already brewed coffee can stay fresh and delicious for quite a while when you store it properly.
Kate Yakimchuk brewing coffee coffee tips ideas Cooking 15 January 2024
Mochi Dessert: What It Is – and How to Eat it
Mochi is a delicate rice dessert based on rice with grape-strawberry-pineapple juice and aromatic grape-strawberry-pineapple flavor with black cuttlefish ink.
Diana Dashkevich sweets dessert food facts cooking Cooking 14 January 2024
Cooking tips: Keeping Christmas food fresh
If you tend to cook a lot every Christmas, then you have to eat everything quickly, or your food can get spoiled. Luckily, you can also store your food properly to make sure it's fresh for a long time.
Kate Yakimchuk christmas food freshness holidays ideas Cooking 4 January 2024
Chef's Explanation: What Is Kurd
Lemon curd is a quick-to-prepare dessert. Caird can be used as a spread on baked goods, and it can also be used instead of cream, lubricating cakes.
Diana Dashkevich dessert sweets food food facts Cooking 23 December 2023
Salted Caramel: How to Make
Salted Caramel syrup is really very tasty, not cloyingly sweet, creamy syrup. Prepared from sugar, salt, water and butter. The syrup is brown in color, sweet and salty, rich in taste.
Diana Dashkevich food sweets cooking cooking tips Cooking 22 December 2023
Keeping meat plate fresh: Food storage tips
A meat plate can be a beautiful part of your holiday feast, and if you prepare it in advance, then you should keep it fresh before your guests arrive. While some kinds of meat can stay fresh for a long time, other types of meat might need more attention.
Kate Yakimchuk meat plate freshness tips food Cooking 2 December 2023
Foods that you should always keep in your fridge: Nutritionist's tips
There are so many foods you can buy these days, so it's pretty easy to feel confused or even lost when doing grocery shopping. To help you buy all essential foods and avoid unhealthy treats, it's usually better to make a plan in advance and follow it.
Kate Yakimchuk healthy food foods dieting health Cooking 1 December 2023
Conserving food at home: Cooking tips
Conservation is a perfect way to keep your food fresh for a long time while keeping its flavor and taste. To make sure you're never out of food, you can store some of your favorite products at home.
Kate Yakimchuk food conservation stocking food tips Cooking 30 November 2023