A person holds a bunch of tomatoes next to the fridge - Andrewrafalsky/Getty Images There's a long list of the best ways to keep tomatoes fresh. But the humming refrigerator in the corner of your ...

A refrigerator is cold—colder than is ideal for tomatoes. This is a basic fact, and it’s the fact upon which the "never refrigerate a tomato" rule is based. But that rule fails to acknowledge several ...

I recently learned something that completely blew my mind: apparently, you’re not supposed to refrigerate tomatoes. And honestly, I had questions. I’ve been tossing mine in the fridge for as long as I ...

I try my best to avoid throwing out food. And yet, every week I’m confronted with a mushy, brown banana or a moldy tomato that I have to throw in the trash, adding to the billions of pounds of food ...

Purchase firm tomatoes that have a slight give, though they shouldn’t be too soft or feel like a water balloon about to burst. Look for undamaged varieties without any deep cracks; small bruises can ...

We’ve all brought home bulging bags of produce with the best of intentions, only to watch as nature’s bounty rapidly decays before our very eyes. This could be because we waited too long to eat the ...

These foods don’t like the cold.