It may be time for an upgrade. We picked the best scrubber for every job, backed by cleaning experts. Food & Wine / Amazon When it comes to cleaning up after a delicious meal, no one wants to scrub ...

That innocent kitchen sponge you've been using for years contains 200 times more bacteria than your toilet seat—and you're ...

Non-stick cookware and cast iron pans lose their coating when cleaned with a sponge. Sharp edges—whether on graters, knives, or blenders—can rip sponges apart, leaving fibers in your food. Glass or ...

It is red. It looks like Pac-Man. And it is pretty enough to sit on your kitchen counter. What is it? After brooms, toothbrushes, and toolboxes, it’s time for kitchen sponges to get a design upgrade.

Sponges may seem like a no-brainer tool to use for cleaning up certain messes or surfaces, but turns out they actually might be more harmful than you realize. We all have sponges lying around the ...

Scrubbing a dirty pan, wiping a counter, swabbing batter off the mixer — when most of us are cleaning up in the kitchen, we’re probably only thinking of the thing being cleaned. But take heed: that ...

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When it comes to keeping or tossing the stuff in our kitchens, we tend to waffle: Do I need to get rid of that old cutting board? Is this leftover chicken still good? To get to the bottom of these ...

Scientists have long thrown shade at the unassuming kitchen sponge. The household staple skulks in sinks amid dirty dishes and soggy food scraps, sopping up and amplifying microbial forces capable of ...

Of all the Western New York specialties on our 100 Things list -- loganberry, chicken wings, beef on weck and more -- sponge candy could be the most mysterious. How to explain its bite, simultaneously ...