How to Properly Clean Black Stainless Steel

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Black stainless steel refrigerators and ovens bring elegance and class into the kitchen, but only if they look nice. Keeping black stainless steel clean is easy, but there are some major pitfalls to avoid if you don’t want to ruin…

Faster Cleanup for Holiday Parties

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It’s Thanksgiving. Or, maybe it’s Christmas Eve. Either way, your house is full of people and their bellies are all full. Your brain is fried from small talk. You’ve just cooked the biggest, most-involved meal of the year. Now, your…

Tips for Measuring Dry Ingredients on Parchment Paper

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Cooking and baking result in two things: delicious foods that make your kitchen smell good and you can’t wait to eat, and more often than not, messy countertops. Trails of granulated sugar, little piles of flour, and smudges of baking…

How to Properly Clean Between Your Oven Window

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If you’re like most of us, you probably pay attention to cleaning the inside and outside of your oven doors, but the area in between often gets overlooked. It’s a tricky spot to reach, and many don’t even realize it…

Cleaning the Keurig Needle Made Simple

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Keurig coffee makers are some of the best pod coffee machines on the market, but that doesn’t make them invincible. If you’ve owned your Keurig machine for a while and have started to notice decreased performance, slower brewing times, or…

How to Fix the Smoke Smell from a Salt Oven Spill

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We’ve all been there — you pop something delicious in the oven, only to have it bubble over and create a burnt mess that permeates the kitchen with an unpleasant odor. But fear not! There’s a simple trick to prevent…

How to Clean a Wine Decanter with Salt and Ice

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Wine decanters are functional and elegant, aerating and purifying your wine with their graceful shape. But their long, thin necks can make them difficult to clean. Before you throw your hands in the air and set it in the dishwasher,…

Creative Ways to Use a Potato Scrubber

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Having the right tools in the kitchen can help make tasks easier, quicker, and more efficient. With today’s bustling grind, we’ve grown accustomed to the convenience tools afford us, and we’re all the better for it. But beyond their intended…

How to Use Your Hands to Clean a Greasy Pastry Brush

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Baking and pastry making can be fun and glamorous, but the cleanup afterward, not so much. Take pastry brushes; these valuable kitchen tools, used for glazing and applying egg washes, are challenging to clean, especially when coated with sticky, greasy substances.…