Store Your Produce Without Plastic Wrap or Containers and Keep Fruits and Veggies Fresher, Longer [Food]

# food Plastic wrap and storage containers definitely have their place in most kitchens, but if you have no love for the stuff and wish there were a way to store your vegetables and produce without resorting to disposable zipper bags or a fridge full of containers, you do have other options to keep your food fresh. More »

Store Your Produce Without Plastic Wrap

Plastic wrap and storage containers definitely have their place in most kitchens, but if you have no love for the stuff and wish there were a way to store your vegetables and produce without resorting to disposable bags or a fridge full of containers, you do have other options to keep your food fresh. Blogger Beth at My Plastic Free Life is on a personal crusade against plastic and regardless of ...

Folks, dogs get to know 'nosework'

Traci Maddox holds on tight as Brody, her big brown boxer, pulls her toward a line of plastic storage bins against a wall at Oro Valley's Cañada del Oro Riverfront Park.

Briefs: City holds meetings on plastic foam container ban

Restaurants and food vendors may have to abandon the use of styrofoam containers — Menlo Park is considering a ban on polystyrene food containers, part of a county-wide effort. To explore the idea, the city is holding two outreach meetings on Wednesday, May 23.

Flowers Not Just for Mother's Day: New Technique Helps Edible Flowers Last Longer

Many fine dining restaurants and catering establishments garnish dishes with flowers or use them as ingredients in salads, soups, entrees, desserts and drinks. A new study in the May issue of the Journal of Food Science published by the Institute of Food Technologists reported that the use of a new storage technique could make it possible for edible flowers to maintain a higher quality for ...