Author: Lou

Worcestershire sauce shows up in Bloody Marys, marinades, gravies, and Caesar dressing. It also sits in a strange spot in most kitchens. Some people keep it in the door of the fridge. Others leave it on the same shelf as the...

Crisco isn’t one product. It’s a brand that currently spans solid shortening, vegetable and canola oil, individually wrapped baking sticks, and nonstick cooking spray, and each of those formats ages a little differently even...

Country Crock isn’t the single tub of buttery spread it used to be. This guide covers Country Crock’s classic tub spreads, baking sticks, Plant Butter in tubs and sticks, and its pourable dairy-free cream, sold at retail as...

Pickles split into two genuinely different products, and that split explains most of the confusion around them. A jar of Vlasic or Mt. Olive dills sits in the pantry aisle unopened, because the brine and heat processing make it...

There’s a box of Bisquick in your pantry that’s been open for a while, and the pancakes you made with it this weekend came out a little flatter than you remember. That’s not your imagination, and it’s not really about the box...