While food preservation is a priority for me, my confidence in canning safely prohibits me from venturing too far into this particular method of putting up food for the winter. My caution about canning is that I might poison my family via botulism. If you aren’t familiar with botulism ...
MORGANTOWN — Canning food has been a way of life for Gina Taylor since she was about nine years old. Taylor, professor and WVU Extension Service Family and Community Development agent, said her father discovered the 4-H extension office in Raleigh County when she was a child. During that ...
At some point during this Fourth of July weekend, Ryan Walther will probably be behind a grill, cooking up some steaks or burgers and maybe some veggies — safely. As a former restaurant grill cook and the sanitarian at Monongalia County Health Department who teaches food safety courses, ...
MORGANTOWN—Concern over food shortages and difficulty getting to grocery stores due to COVID-19 caused many West Virginians to turn to local farmers, and in turn, local farmers had to turn to one another. The Coronavirus pandemic increased demand for food, subsequently putting vegetable ...
Woman reported unsafe chemical mixing practices A former cake decorator at the Cold Stone Creamery on High Street said she was fired four days after she blew the whistle on unsafe mixing of chemicals used for cleaning in a lawsuit against the business and its owner. Charlee Enos was ...
Thanksgiving is supposed to be an enjoyable day filled with food, family and football, but a fire can quickly turn what’s supposed to be a day of joy into a day of tragedy. Thankfully, most holiday fires are preventable with common sense, Morgantown City Fire Marshal Ken Tennant ...