Step 1: Keep cookies crisp
Keep the treats in your cookie jar from getting stale by putting a piece of bread – preferably white bread – inside the jar; the cookies will draw moisture from the bread, keeping them soft. Replace the bread when it gets hard.
第一步：让饼干保持清脆
可以饼干上面放一片面包——最好是白面包——放进饼干罐中来保持饼干的清脆。饼干会从面包中吸收水分从而保持柔软。当面包变硬时要换掉。

Tip:Stick a slice of bread inside an opened box of brown sugar to keep it from hardening.
小贴士：将切片面包侵下红糖，可以防止面包变硬。

Step 2: Stop spuds from sprouting
Prevent potatoes from sprouting by putting them in a brown bag with a whole apple. This will keep them good for up to eight weeks.
第二步：避免马铃薯发芽
将马铃薯放和一个完整的苹果放进棕色的袋子中，能避免马铃薯发芽。这样能使马铃薯保存完好长达8周。

Step 3: Sit tomatoes stem down
Store tomatoes at room temperature, uncovered and stem-side down, which blocks air from entering through the stem and prevents moisture from getting out. Putting tomatoes in the fridge may inhibit bacterial growth, but they’ll quickly lose their flavor and texture.
第三步：将西红柿根部朝下放置
在室温下将西红柿根部朝下放置，这样能避免空气进入茎部同时不让水分流失。将西红柿放在冰箱中可能抑制细菌繁殖，但是会使西红柿很快失去味道和口感。

Step 4: Separate fruits and veggies
Keep fruits and vegetables away from each other; fruits emit ethylene, a gas that makes vegetables ripen faster.
第四步：将水果和蔬菜分开
将水果和蔬菜分开，水果会释放乙烯，那会使蔬菜老得更快。

Step 5: Absorb veggie moisture
Put a paper towel in plastic bags of precut vegetables or washed lettuce. It will absorb the moisture that causes them to rot.
第五步：吸收蔬菜的水分
将一个纸巾放在装有切好的蔬菜或是洗过的生菜的塑料袋里，纸巾会吸收导致蔬菜腐烂的水分。

Tip:With the exception of lettuce and leafy greens, wash your produce just before eating. Otherwise, the moisture can make it spoil faster.
小贴士：除了莴苣和叶子类蔬菜，在吃前洗即可。否则的话，水分会使蔬菜很快烂掉。

Step 6: Store butter and eggs properly
Keep eggs in their container on a bottom shelf and butter in a covered dish on a top or middle shelf. The fridge door is too warm to maintain freshness.
第六步：妥善储存黄油和鸡蛋
将鸡蛋放入底层装鸡蛋的容器中，将黄油放在盖盖的盘子中，放到冷柜的中部或顶部。冰箱门太热了不能保持黄油的新鲜。

Step 7: Store apples in fridge
Keep apples in the refrigerator, in plastic bags with a few holes for ventilation. They’ll last weeks longer there than in a fruit bowl.
第七步：将苹果放进冰箱保存
将苹果放到有留有空洞利于通风的塑料袋中，然后放进冰箱保存。这样会比放在果篮中保存更长时间。