Sponges carry a number of germs. Some of the best methods of disinfection are using a microwave or putting the sponge in the ...

When it comes to kitchen necessities, sponges are the absolute G.O.A.T. From minuscule tasks like sopping up a splatter while making chili to bigger missions like scrubbing your oven, dishwasher or ...

You use it to clean the dishes you later eat from so it might be uncomfortable to contemplate, but it’s completely true: Your kitchen sponge is grosser than you realize. The porous material that makes ...

There are a lot of tools in my kitchen that I use on a daily basis, if not multiple times a day — my chef’s knife, cutting board, paring knife, skillet and box grater, just to name a few. But one ...

You may cringe each time you wring out your dirty, old kitchen sponge, thinking you should replace it. And often, you then forget. But you really should swap it out for a new one – and probably more ...

Let’s just start here: Kitchen sponges are disgusting. A 2017 study published in Nature.com’s Scientific Reports found that used kitchen sponges harbored a whopping 362 different types of bacteria, in ...

Doing the dishes might be one of the most hated household chores in the country (at least, according to a survey by the American Cleaning Institute), and I get it. I’m also about to make that ...