Keeping Food Fresh : How to Choose and Store Everything You Eat (Paperback)

by Janet Bailey (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher
Comprehensive and authoritative, an indispensable reference book for all cooks on how to select and store nearly every type of food. "It's a book I've been waiting for."--Anthony Dias Blue, author of American Wine --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 391 pages
• Publisher: The Dial Press (August 6, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0062725033
• ISBN-13: 978-0062725035
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,349,832 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It will change how you choose and store food!, June 21, 1998

By A Customer

Ten years ago Janet Bailey was puttering around the kitchen and came across rice she had bought several months back. She wondered whether it was still good, fresh, healthy. She discovered that finding answers to this common kitchen staple was a monumental task with no definite answers. Since then, Ms. Bailey has sifted through details of hundreds of books, interviewed food growers, processors, wholesalers, and kitchen testers to bring you an indispensable kitchen manual that answers the common daily question, 'Should I throw it out?' and information on storing foods with an eye for freshness and maximum nutrition. Keeping Food Fresh tackles common questions such as 'Can you freeze cheese?' and 'Which cheeses keep best?' Do you know how to sift through all the flour choices? Enriched, bleached, presifted, self-rising, cake, bromated, instant, all-purpose, enriched? In this book you'll find why your baked goods taste and look different.Simple hints on potatoes and onions: Why shouldn't you store them together? to herbs: dried, ground, whole, frozen, What's the difference?- and food storage: What's best for shelf, refrigerator, and freezer? You'll find it all here. Even the most experienced cooks will find surprising and revealing information that will change how you choose and store food. This book is a must for everyone wanting to know how to store food at its most colorful, succulent, and nutritional peak!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Kitchen Library Must-have, March 27, 2000

By A Customer

After contracting food poisoning from a restaurant meal several years ago, I became very interested in the topic of food safety and storage. This is THE book for those who would like extremely detailed and thoroughly researched information on this topic. It includes virtually every food item you can think of, with the proper buying and storing techniques for each item. A wonderful reference tool.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Keeping Foods Fresh, October 4, 2005

By	Kathryn Ramsey - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

No kitchen should be without this book. My most used reference in the kitchen. Knowing how to store produce to maximize its life keeps down the waste. The book is well organized with a good index and is very easy to use.