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Cleaning Tips

Orange placed on a food waste plate.
Feb 11, 2020

Things smell, and whether or not those things smell good or not is up to you. For lingering food odors on your hands, try using stainless steel or coffee grounds to remove the stench. To de-stink smel ...

Various spice jars on a wall-mounted rack.
Jun 19, 2016

After a few years, your cinnamon, paprika, and saffron begin to lose their vibrant hues, and the aromas that once filled your kitchen are barely distinguishable when you open their jars. These are tel ...

Woman looking at an empty refrigerator with a concerned expression.
Mar 4, 2016

Smelly foods are what make my culinary world "go 'round," so to speak. I grew up with fish sauce, learned to cook with and love fermented beans and veggies, and am one of the biggest garlic advocates ...

High-quality kitchen knives on a wooden surface.
Mar 1, 2016

If you're careless and tend to leave your knives lying around or in the sink, chances are you've struggled with rusty blades. Water, as it turns out, is enemy number one when it comes to keeping your ...

Car care products on a countertop with decorative elements.
Feb 18, 2016

It's nearly impossible to keep a stovetop clean when cooking, at least, in my experience. No matter what I do, liquid and solid food bits fall to the surface and around the burners every single time, ...

Lemon slice on a dishwasher rack with clean dishes.
Jan 22, 2016

If you're lucky enough to have a dishwasher, you probably use that sucker to clean everything (minus yourgood cooking knives), and maybe even to cook your food, too. However, dishwashers are not witho ...

Coffee beans in one hand and utensils in the other.
Jul 7, 2015

Food can smell great before, during, and after cooking. A pot of stew simmering away on the stove will tantalize you all afternoon, and there's nothing better than the smell of fresh-baked cookies lin ...

Close-up of a metal grill surface with corrosion and rust.
Jun 24, 2015

Though you may scrub every inch of your kitchen, there are plenty of trouble areas that are nearly impossible to get clean: gunked-up tile grout, rust in the sink, and caked-on burners and grates on t ...

Before and after cleaning a burned pot.
Sep 20, 2014

You're in the middle of cooking and a car alarm, cute kitten, or neighborhood brawl made you step away from the stove for a few minutes longer that you should have. It happens to almost every home coo ...

Comparison of a plate before and after cleaning.
Jul 15, 2014

White or light-colored dinnerware is a classic: it looks crisp, clean, and elegant. The only problem is that after you've used it for a few years, the surfaces bear a lot of grey scuff marks from fork ...