From Julia Child’s air-drying routine and James Beard’s broken-Baccarat lesson to Martha Stewart’s smart sink trick, see how culinary icons wash dishes — what to hand-wash, what to skip, and the ...

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It’s one of the hazards of cooking: food gets stuck onto pans or hardens on dishes, turning cleanup into even more of a chore. Even after multiple rounds of scrubbing and soaking, some sauces, cheeses ...

The CDC is reminding you ahead of Thanksgiving -- don’t wash your turkey. You grandmother was wrong to teach you this. We’re sorry. The CDC said: “Federal food safety advice has recommended against ...

The women in my family are hardy, to put it lightly. They have shaken off countless illnesses and powered through pregnancies. They’ve managed this in spite of questionable lifestyle choices (let’s ...

Dishes soaking in soapy water in a sink - Studio Light And Shade/Getty Images Procrastinators will be delighted to learn that leaving dirty dishes in the sink to soak is actually a good dishwashing ...

Aerial view of dishwasher rack pulled out filled with clean dishes - Kseniya Ovchinnikova/Getty Images Dishwashers are one of the finest conveniences of modern life. It doesn't get any better than ...

After preparing a big family meal, we like to kick our feet up and relax for a few hours. But the dirty dishes beckon. Stacking them in a sink full of warm, soapy water seems the easiest solution.

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The Concert, ca. 1633, by Judith Leyster, is one of several works on display at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC. (Photos by NMWA) There’s so much to study here: an ...

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