Keeping Food Fresh
“Keeping Food Fresh” by Janet Bailey, published by HarperCollins on August 26, 1993, is a comprehensive resource for anyone looking to enhance their food storage knowledge. This 416-page guide addresses common questions about selecting and storing various types of food, providing practical advice for maximizing freshness and nutrition. It serves as a field guide to supermarkets, offering tips on purchasing a wide range of items, from seafood to vegetables, while emphasizing the importance of proper storage techniques.
Readers will find a wealth of information on how to store food effectively, including hundreds of useful tips that cover everything from the ideal conditions for different fruits and vegetables to emergency advice for dealing with food spoilage. The book also functions as a consumer guide, detailing various storage equipment options, such as containers and wraps. With its focus on cooking and reference, “Keeping Food Fresh” is designed to assist both novice and experienced cooks in making informed decisions about food preservation and safety.
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At last, here are answers to the questions that perplex cooks more than any others – the questions of how to select and store nearly every type of food. “Keeping Food Fresh” is: A field guide to your local supermarket, with tips on buying everything from oysters to olives, from baking soda to butter lettuce, from frying chickens to frozen orange juice, with an eye to freshness and maximum nutrition. An encyclopedia of information on storing foods, with hundreds of useful tips such as keeping tomatoes out of the refrigerator and spices in the dark, avoiding storing apples next to carrots, freezing cheddar but not cream cheese. An emergency manual for the kitchen that addresses the age-old question, Should I throw it out? – with advice on what to do when there’s mold on the strawberry jelly, how to save food when the freezer breaks, how to tell if potato salad is dangerous to eat. A consumer guide to all types of storage equipment, from bottles and bags to wraps and plastic containers.
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