When you make cookies, do they turn out completely flat? To the point where they are see through? This happens to me every once in a while, and I’ve come across a few ways to correct it with the...

Cast iron cookware is the last thing you’d suspect of shattering or cracking when heated, but it’s happening with Paula Deen hammered cast iron cookware, sold by QVC and distributed by Meyer...

I’ve tried a lot of different recipes for curried carrot soup because my family loves that taste of curry. They also like soup. However, every time I made a recipe for curry carrot soup it...

Coke drinkers insist that Coke from different containers (glass, plastic and aluminum) tastes different. However, Coca-Cola’s spokespeople say it just isn’t so. It all is the same to them,...

It’s been 20 years in the making, but the US now has an egg safety rule. It’s aimed at reducing the number of Salmonella enteritidis (SE) illnesses and deaths related to eating eggs. Some suppliers, such as those with less than 3,000 layi...

When you’re making your Christmas shopping list, remember to include new cookie cutters or other baking tools for making seasonal treats. I’ve included several different options below to get you warmed up. Let’s face it. Pretzels look rather boring,...

Our giveaway for the book Toxic Friends ended yesterday, which means that today we announce a winner! Using random.org, I was able to randomly choose our winner, the 30th commenter to our post. That person is: Daniel M Congrats to him! For those...

My grandpa was one of the most difficult people to buy gifts for. It wasn’t that he didn’t like things, but he had simple tastes and often said he didn’t need much. If you also have an elderly friend or relative that is difficult to buy for, here are...

Tomorrow (Tuesday, Nov. 24) at 1 pm Eastern, join a live chat about Thanksgiving food safety at the Consumer Reports Safety blog! The live chat, hosted by Consumer Reports’ food safety expert Urvashi Rangan, Ph.D., will cover Thanksgiving food...

Oh, it is the dream of a lifetime! You’re going to spend the whole month with your family. You can’t wait to shut up your house and go, go, go. Before you leave, though, you have a few things to do. Let’s see. Pack the suitcases, take the plants...