Quick Facts Who: Jordan Hope, 18, Arizona — driving past a Walgreens parking lot in Maricopa on a Sunday The stranger: An elderly man with a walker, whom Hope calls “Mr Roy” — his shoes were barely hanging on his…
Stop pouring leftover broth down the drain. Pour leftover broth, stock, sauce, or tomato paste into ice cube trays, freeze until solid, then pop the cubes into labeled zip-top bags. Each cube holds roughly two tablespoons, the frozen cubes keep…
Stop storing tomatoes in the fridge. Cold temperatures dull a tomato’s flavor and turn its texture mealy, which is why a tomato eaten straight from the refrigerator tastes like a pale shadow of itself. Instead, store tomatoes stem-side down at…
Cold butter doesn’t have to stall your baking or your breakfast. Grate the cold stick on the large holes of a box grater, and the thin shreds will soften to room temperature in about five minutes. That’s dramatically faster than…
A stuck jar lid usually gives up in under a minute once you know the right trick. The fastest fix is to wrap a thick rubber band around the lid for extra grip, then twist firmly with your whole hand.…
Yes — you can sanitize a kitchen sponge in the microwave in about 2 minutes, and it kills most of the bacteria hiding inside. The method is simple: soak the sponge, squeeze it so it is damp but not dripping,…
Oversalted soup is fixable — and the fastest honest fix is a potato. Peel one large potato, cut it into quarters, and simmer it in the soup for 10 to 15 minutes, then remove it before serving. The potato absorbs…
Yes — you can clean a coffee grinder with dry white rice in about 30 seconds, and it genuinely works. Unplug the grinder first, add about 2 tablespoons of uncooked white rice, and run it in short bursts until the…
How to tell if eggs are fresh is easier than most people think: drop the egg gently into a tall glass of cold water. If it sinks and lies flat on the bottom, it is very fresh. If it stands…
To hull strawberries with a straw, push a sturdy straw straight through the bottom of the berry and out the top — the green leafy cap and the pale core pop out in one clean motion. The whole thing takes…
