How to save money and waste less food
Did you know that sour milk is safe to use? Or that potatoes that have gone a little soft are fine, but once they've started sprouting shoots, they are toxic? Or the right way to stock your fridge so as to maximize the freshness of the food contained therein? I did not, until I read Waste Free Kitchen Handbook: A Guide to Eating Well and Saving Money by Wasting Less Food . At the time this book was published (2015), 40% of the food that was produced in the United States was being thrown away. That's a terrible, tragic number. That's, on average, $120 per month for a family of four, thrown away. That's greenhouse gas emissions (according to author Dana Gunders, it's equivalent to the emissions of 33 million passenger vehicles), fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides, antibiotics, and hormones used - all for nothing. That's higher food prices through artificially inflated demand, which hurt all of us, but especially the most vulnerable. Look, I am a tree hugger, and ...