Hannah Beach

When we hear the phrase "overfishing," many of us think of expensive Chilean sea bass or bluefin tuna. Our minds don't immediately jump to the little sardines packed into small tins on grocery store shelves, but these fish are just as much at risk for overfishing. In fact, between 2006 and 2016 alone, sardine populations off the Portuguese coasts fell by 80% due to unsustainable overfishing.

For those of us who don't cook them often, radishes can pose a storage conundrum: Should they be kept on the kitchen counter, in the fridge, or somewhere else entirely? The main objective is to keep them crisp, and it turns out that the trick for storing baby carrots to keep them crunchy for weeks also works with radishes. You simply have to submerge them in water and keep them in the fridge.

Have you ever mixed a salad dressing inside a mostly-empty jar of mayo, instead of a bowl? This might be a novel concept to some, but it's actually a longstanding and popular practice to get more out of a near-empty product. Those hard-to-reach leftovers that cling to the sides and bottom of the container can be "washed off" by liquid ingredients like oil or vinegar, so nothing goes to waste. You can even take this hack up a notch by using a mayo jar to make an easy pasta salad.

Whether you're picnicking at a friend's backyard, in a park, or at your kids' baseball game, grilling hot dogs right on the spot isn't always an option. What's a cook to do when they need a round of hot franks ASAP, without access to a heat source? You simply need to get creative with your cooking and transportation methods.

As deliciously crisp as bacon can be, the mess created while cooking it can be off-putting: grease splattered across the stovetop, your kitchen counters, perhaps even the wall behind the stove. Fortunately, you can avoid most (if not all) of this mess by simply changing up the cookware you use.

No matter the type of restaurant you go to, you should follow basic etiquette to make sure that you, your dining partners, and other patrons can thoroughly enjoy their experience. For example, looking at the drive-thru menu board for a while slows the whole line down, while something as little as sharing food at a fancy restaurant can be messy or distracting to other diners. One underrated rule is to avoid wearing strong perfumes, colognes, or body sprays — especially when dining in a sushi restaurant.

We get it, after a few cans of refried beans, you might get tired of their savory taste and mushy texture. That being said, you can easily liven up refried beans by using them in a fun recipe like Texas trash dip.

When it comes to upgrading your favorite pastries, you can choose from jam, cream filling, mousse, ganache, namelaka, etc. Of course, each has its own strengths and defining characteristics that make it more suitable for certain desserts than other choices. Namelaka, for instance, is made with only a few simple ingredients -– heavy cream, milk, chocolate, and gelatin or agar-agar -– so it's fairly easy to whip up.

You may have heard about some of the most popular ingredients to upgrade brownies – cayenne pepper, espresso powder, citrus zest, etc. — but one lesser-known addition to try is red wine. Chocolate and a fruity wine may seem like an risky pairing due to their high tannins – those tart, sharp flavor compounds that make your mouth feel dry. However, it is possible to pair these ingredients well, and it's not just their individual flavor notes that make this combination so special.

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