We’ve all been there — you open the fridge and discover an excess of cheese, whether it’s leftovers from a party, the remains of a recipe or the results of grocery shopping on an empty stomach. While ...

Sure, the refrigerator can keep food fresher longer, but for serious life extension, the freezer is where you should focus your attention. Preserving food isn’t just better for reducing food waste, it ...

Learn how to properly freeze and thaw fudge to keep it tasting fresh for longer, and how long you can expect it to really last.

Not only is spoiled meat and poultry nasty (you don’t want a decaying cutlet stinking up your fridge, much less percolating in your GI tract), it also amounts to a waste of money and food, so it’s ...

Foods in the freezer — are they safe? Every year, thousands of callers to the USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline are not sure about the safety of items stored in their own home freezers. The confusion is ...

I’m sure my supermarket is not the only grocery store with an area in the back I call “My Bargain Bin.” It’s refrigerated and features some dandy bargains, especially on perishable items approaching ...

Whiskey — or whisky, depending on where it's been made — is known the world over for its deep, rich caramel hue and initial bite, which mellows as you drink it, allowing for all the different flavors ...

For all the information stuffed into product packaging and nutrition labels, it can be surprisingly hard to know how to navigate basic food safety issues that arise in the kitchen. Like: Does freezing ...