10 Important Things You Should Know About Your Dishwasher — Cleaning Tips from The Kitchn
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If you’re so fortunate as to have a dishwasher in your house or apartment, then you want to make sure it’s always performing at its peak.
From the right way to load your dishwasher, to the simplest way to banish stinky smells, to some other surprising facts, here are 10 things every dishwasher-owner should know.
10 Things We Hope Aunt Beru Was Cooking in Star Wars — Star Wars
The release of the new Star Wars trailer this week had me super nostalgic for my childhood love of all things Star Wars (OK, it extended into adulthood too — who am I kidding). It also made me think about all the great, uncelebrated food moments in Star Wars: What kind of food did Yoda snatch out of Luke’s hand on Dagobah? What did the cocktail menu at the Mos Eisley Cantina consist of? Do Wookies roast or braise — in milk, maybe — their hog-tied prey?
But today, we’re speculating on the most classic food moment in Star Wars: Aunt Beru’s kitchen — blue milk, future food processor, and all.
5 Science Breakthroughs That Changed the Way We Ate
Skylab astronaut food from 1970.
Science and food are natural buddies. From cooking food with fire, to genetically modified apples, the study of food has affected the way we eat and cook. Today we consume food in a way that would’ve been unheard of a mere century or so ago. And modern life is not only made easier by these discoveries, it’s made possible by them.
It’s tough to pick just a few of the great discoveries in food science, but here are our considered picks for the five that changed our lives the most.
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1. Fermentation Was Probably the First Great Moment in Food ScienceThe 5 Greatest Breakthroughs in Food Science -
2. Pasteurization Is the Biggest Food Science Breakthrough We Never Think AboutThe 5 Greatest Breakthroughs in Food Science -
3. How Canning Was Invented, and How It Changed the Way We EatThe 5 Greatest Breakthroughs in Food Science -
4. How Refrigeration Determined What We Eat and Where We LiveThe 5 Greatest Breakthroughs in Food Science -
5. Why GMOs Are the Biggest Food Science Breakthrough of Our EraThe 5 Greatest Breakthroughs in Food Science
Healthy Appetizers: Pickled Green Beans
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“Fresh green beans are steamed and then canned with a clove of garlic and sprigs of fresh dill. You can substitute 1 teaspoon of dill seeds for the 2 sprigs of dill, if desired.”
Healthy Side Dishes: Stir Fried Wok Vegetables
10 Gorgeous, Out-of-the-Ordinary Kitchens — Apartment Therapy
Chefs Bored with Normal Food, Turning It to Ash Instead — Food News
It’s one thing to get a nice sear on a steak or to broil a chile or pepper if you’re going to remove the charred skin, but many chefs are now embracing charring food to the point that they actually serve ash!
Interesting, yes, but tasty? Hmm.