Tips for Cooking Sustainably and Reducing Food Waste

Caliciviruses—a family of viruses, norovirus being the best known—are also getting more attention these days, and deservedly so; these are typically spread by a sick individual preparing food for others. If you’ve spent a night “praying to the porcelain god”—diarrhea, vomiting, chills, headache—you can probably thank salmonella or norovirus for the experience. Food & Cooking Too acidic or basic, and the proteins in the bacteria denature. You can create a “heat shield” out of aluminum foil if part of a dish begins to burn while broiling. Radiant methods of heat transfer impart …