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Prepackaged Food
Don't be afraid of prepackaged foods, use them to your advantage. Learn how to use prepackaged foods to make a quick meal when unexpected guests arrive or incorporate them into a dish for shortcut cooking.
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10 Best Canned Items to Keep on Hand
Even if you can't tell the difference between a potato peeler and a paring knife, chances are there's some type of canned food in your kitchen pantry. And having a good mix can be beneficial to you.
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10 Easy Recipes for Unexpected Guests
Being prepared for unexpected culinary challenges is one way to ensure that your surprise guests will be well-fed when they drop in for a visit. These recipes will transform even lackluster cooking skills into kitchen wizardry.
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10 Quirky Facts About Mass-produced Food
For people who like consistency, mass-produced food might be the best thing since sliced bread. What are 10 of the most bizarre facts about these always identical foods?
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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Canned Food
We may take canned food for granted. Certainly, there's nothing simpler than popping open a can of chicken soup and nuking it in the microwave for dinner. But we owe this dinnertime solution to French chef Nicolas Appert.
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Food Packaging 101
You can't judge a book by its cover, but can you judge a brand of pasta by the box it comes in? Food packaging makes an environmental, marketing and nutritional impact. What are the basics of the jugs, bags and boxes?
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How Food Preservation Works
Because sustenance ensures our survival, food preservation is one of the oldest technologies developed by human beings. Find out what's being done to your food to make it last longer.
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How Science Changed the Food Industry
Even before Louis Pasteur made his breakthrough with pasteurization way back in 1862, science has had a close relationship with food. And that relationship continues to this day with modern food science.
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Shortcut Cooking
Shortcut cooking doesn't have to taste processed. Check out our Shortcut Cooking section to learn about food preservation, food packaging and how our boxed food stays fresh.
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What keeps longer, canned or boxed food?
If you're a smart grocery shopper, you can hit the market once a week for perishables and stock up just a few times annually for canned and boxed goods. These perennial items have long shelf lives, but will one last longer?
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