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Make a New Year’s Resolution to make your home food safe.   Label the leftovers that you store in your refrigerator. They should only be kept 3-4 days before they are discarded. Freeze leftovers. If you have more than you can use in a couple of days, freeze part of it right away to use […]

What’s Thanksgiving and Christmas without a pumpkin or pecan pie? Traditional favorites, these pies need special care to prevent an unhappy ending to a fabulous holiday meal. Pumpkin and pecan pie filling are a form of custard and must be kept refrigerated at 41 degrees F or cooler. This also includes the yummy cream pies […]

Food safety is under the spotlight all month. In recent years, I’ve found the Partnership for Food Safety Education to be a particularly valuable source for ideas for programs on food safety. They have started a Facebook and website campaign revolving around the myths that people have about food borne illness. Here are a couple […]

Using the natural rays of the sun to make “sun tea” is popular in the summer. Tea is brewed by leaving a clear container with tea in it out is the sun for a few hours. However, using such a method to make tea is highly discouraged. Sun tea is the perfect medium for bacteria […]

I recently saw a re-run of the 1998 movie “You’ve Got Mail.” In that movie, the character Frank, a newspaper columnist, is ‘in love with his typewriter.’ Someone referred to him as a ‘nut.’ It reminded me of a recent passion of my own – I’m in love with my meat thermometer. I like to […]

We’re into the season when we celebrate milestones, like graduation, and Holidays, like 4th of July. And those summer celebrations usually mean eating food outdoors, maybe at a park, away from the conveniences of home. We like these events to be fun and relaxed, but keeping food safe can be anything but carefree. Planning is […]