Claire is Lifehacker's Senior Food Editor. She has a B.S. in chemistry, a decade of food journalism experience, and a deep love for mayonnaise and MSG. I have been nuking food since childhood, but no ...

Several alert readers located a recipe for green pepper jelly made in the microwave. Recipes for the jelly are in both "Tout de Suite a la Microwave" and "Tout de Suite a la Microwave II, " by Jean K.

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But even though microwaves are incredibly helpful, they’re not the perfect solution for heating everything. In fact, microwaving certain foods can actually be dangerous or harmful to your health. Some ...

From heating up leftovers to thawing frozen dinners to popping popcorn recipes, the microwave comes in handy whenever you need to warm up food fast. It’s a convenient reheating method, but there are ...

There was so much macaroni in that bowl that I don’t know how I crammed in the diced tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and eggs. And then I had to somehow squeeze in the mayonnaise, too. Dawn Kessinger/The ...

This recipes is from, I think, "Tout de Suite a la Microwave II, " by Jean K. Durkee. Most often used as an hors d'oeuvre spread over cream cheese, it is also excellent with lamb, fowl, beef, pork or ...