753: An Homage to the Refrigerator
The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters
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How to Store Your Food the Best Way
Jonathan Ries is a professor of history at Colorado State University and arguably the greatest expert in the history of refrigeration. Before there was a refrigerator, you had to salt, dry, preserve, or pickle like literally anything you wanted to eat more than a couple of hours later. Dan Sousa from Cooks Illustrated tells us everything we need to know about how to store your food the best way. The chef Shola Olimleo stops by with some techniques from making your fridge a tool that actually improves the flavor of your food.
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