Category: Food Storage

Root cellars are designed to store food at a cold temperature in order to preserve them for weeks or months. Rather than letting them sit on a shelf and rot or take up space in your refrigerator, you...

Cheese has long been one of my favorite foods as a quick and simple snack or as elegant party food. Although I am careful about keeping all types of cheese refrigerated most of the time, there are...

Because pies are all rather large and many have meringue or another kind of topping that makes them rather cumbersome to fit into the refrigerator, many people want to know whether pie must be...

I had never stored peanut butter in the refrigerator until a few years ago when I discovered that my mother-in-law had refrigerated her peanut butter. Now, granted, she did use the natural kind,...

It's no surprise that many people do not know what a root cellar is, much less how they work or what they are used for. With the advent of artificial refrigeration, the old ways of keeping things...

How long food lasts in a root cellar is a common question that I get. I always tell people that storage times can vary greatly and depend on optimal conditions within the cellar. So, I wrote this...