As useful as dish soap is, it’s not a cleaning panacea. Just like you shouldn’t use dish soap to wash your face (hopefully; read more about why not below), there are other perhaps deceptively delicate ...

Before writing for the Strategist, Jenna Milliner-Waddell covered home décor for Forbes Finds. Now she finds the best-rated products you didn’t know you needed, from placemats to puzzles. There’s ...

There they are again. The gross, crusty, five-day-old dishes sit piled up amid the confines of my small, stainless-steel sink. They're making their presence known, clashing against the gleam of my ...

Consumer Reports has always advised that a dishwasher should not be run half-empty because it wastes energy and puts more wear on the appliance. They also say that washing dishes by hand can waste ...

The point of a dishwasher is to wash the dishes. Most machines take all the guesswork out of it, but even the fanciest contraption might be doing a terrible job by no fault of its own. There's nothing ...

Most people find washing dishes at home a chore, but new evidence has shown that it could have other more unpleasant effects. Most people find washing dishes at home a chore, but new evidence has ...

Soaking dishes makes sense right? It loosens stuck food residue for easier cleanup. But too long a soak actually breeds germs ...

I hate washing dishes. In my house, my partner's chores include dishes each night, while mine willingly involve quite literally anything and everything else. But this week on Ask Code Switch, we're ...

Select independently determines what we cover and recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more. The dread associated with cleaning a pile of dirty dishes can quickly ...

If you’ve got reusable dishes, utensils, cups, bowls, pots and pans and other kitchen items, you have to clean them. How you clean them, however, can be up for debate. Some people are adamant about ...