food safety

Kitchen & Cooking Tips

How to safely thaw meat

It happens to the best of us — you get home from work only to realize you forgot to take the chicken out to thaw. Now what?

Dieting & Nutrition

Healthy diet trick: Keep your food fresher longer

One of the biggest barriers to eating fresh fruits and vegetables is that we throw out almost half of the food we buy. To help you...

Quick & Easy Recipes

How to prevent foodborne illnesses

Every year, an estimated 48 million people in the U.S. experience a foodborne illness. Fortunately, with good kitchen practices, you...

Food Safety & Nutrition

In a pickle: How to prevent freezer burn

We've all experienced freezer burn: Those unpleasant, crystallized or dull spots that pop up on all kinds of items in our freezer,...

Nutrition & Diet Tips

Decoding dates: What to toss and what to keep

We’ve all ruined a perfectly good bowl of cereal with a sour milk bath, or found a container of leftovers covered in mold in the...

Food Safety & Nutrition

Food recall: Dole bagged salads

Dole Food Co. has announced another bagged salad recall, this time due to possible listeria contamination.

Conditions

4 Summer health scares for women

Summer is all about longer days, vacations at the beach, barbecues and bathing suits. However, there are some less than desirable...

Organizing and Repair How-tos

How to organize your refrigerator

A cluttered refrigerator is not only a frustration when you are trying to make dinner, but it wastes your hard-earned money and can...

Food & Recipes

Nuclear bluefin tuna likely to decrease over time

A recent study found higher-than-normal levels of radioactive material in fish caught after the Japan earthquake.

Food & Recipes

Will food with GMOs get special labels?

Pink slime is the most recent thing to give us the creeps about what is hidden in our food. But there's more lurking, and one...

Food & Recipes

Food safety tips for Thanksgiving leftovers

Thanksgiving leftovers rank at the top of the "best of" Thanksgiving list. Who can resist a fabulous turkey sandwich with...

Food & Recipes

Another turkey recall due to salmonella

The second turkey recall in two months from food giant Cargill is a result of a sample testing positive for salmonella. Although...

Food Safety & Nutrition

The best way to tell when a steak is done

A food thermometer isn't as thrilling as, say, an ice cream maker, but it is an essential kitchen gadget for summer, especially at a...

Food Safety & Nutrition

The savvy seven: How to protect your plate

If stories of the very sustenance that’s supposed to be good for us end in a stomach-turning scary tale, then are we doomed to a...

Food Safety & Nutrition

Kitchen fridge clean-up: What to keep and what to nix

When it comes time to cleaning up the fridge, you may find yourself frozen cold, standing in front of it with the door wide open, at...

Food Safety & Nutrition

10 Deadly everyday foods

Though we assume the foods we buy at the supermarket and order at restaurants are safe to eat, TheDailyMeal.com is warning hungry...

Food & Recipes

The 10 most powerful food people in America

Who do you think are the most powerful food people in America? We were surprised by TheDailyMeal.com’s list – Emeril didn’t cut it,...

Organizing & Cleaning

5 Must-have high-tech home gadgets

Admit it: You've long dreamed of the day when robots assist in your day-to-day chores and you run home appliances remotely from the...

Conditions

5 Common illnesses and how to beat them

Along with cozy fires and chilly days, winter often brings a flurry of illnesses. Read on to discover how to beat five of the most...

Dieting & Nutrition

Holiday dinner pregnancy dangers

With Thanksgiving and Christmas around the corner, our focus is quickly turning to the quality time we’ll be spending with family...

Healthy Recipes & Nutrition

How to read turkey labels

During the next couple of weeks, we’ll be heading to the store to pick out the perfect centerpiece for Thanksgiving dinner—the...