You opened a package of tempeh and it is covered in white fuzz with a few dark spots. It looks like it has gone bad. You are about to throw it out. Before you do: that is exactly what fresh, healthy tempeh is supposed to look like. Knowing that one fact will save you f… Read more
You picked up a carton of tofu from the shelf at the Asian grocery store, not the cold section. Now you’re home and wondering whether it needs to go in the fridge or whether the pantry is fine. Or you’ve always seen tofu in the refrigerated aisle and assumed it always … Read more
You bought a block of firm tofu Thursday for a stir-fry, used half, and now it’s Sunday. The other half is sitting in a container in the fridge, still submerged in water. Is it still good? Or maybe you found a shelf-stable box of silken tofu at the back of your pantry … Read more
You bought a half pound of roast beef at the deli counter on Sunday. It’s now Wednesday, and you’re wondering whether that sandwich is still safe or whether you’re pushing your luck. Or maybe you made a whole roast for dinner and have a slab of leftovers taking up spac… Read more
You have a vacuum-sealed package of pastrami in the fridge from the grocery store, a few slices left from what you had cut at the deli counter on Tuesday, and a whole pastrami brisket you ordered from Katz’s that arrived yesterday. Three different products, three diffe… Read more
I did it the wrong way for years. After spaghetti night I would scrape the container, load it into the dishwasher, and wake up to find it more orange than before. Not a little more orange. Noticeably, permanently, embarrassingly more orange. I figured the dishwasher ha… Read more