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— Recommendations are independently chosen by Reviewed’s editors. Purchases you make through our links may earn us a commission.I hate to break it to you, but your kitchen is likely the dirtiest, germiest room in your home. Sure, you can bleach your countertops and wash the floors—but what about your appliances? They're probably gross, and you need to work on that. I always dread cleaning my appliances, but I also really hate the idea that they’re filthy. You probably feel the same way. So, it’s time to clean them. Here's a step-by-step guide. Grab your rubber gloves, and always check...

Activities for Self-Isolation By now, those of us who can are (hopefully) staying at home and practicing social distancing. Limiting the number of people we come in contact with helps stop coronavirus from spreading at a drastic rate. This means, were doing our part to flatten the curve, preventing hospitals from overcrowding. Sounds easy enough, right? So why does staying put in our homes seem so daunting?Its because were social beings, says Kim Lavoie, PhD, Professor and Chair of Behavioral Medicine at the University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM) and Co-Director of the Montreal Behavioral Medicine Center (MBMC). Were focusing...

It all started with a box.  You intend to clean your clutter.   So you end up junking all unnecessary “I still can’t decide where to put you” things inside that box. And then you told yourself to have a break, and you forgot about it. You know and accept you are a busy person.  But those small items that piled up are now eating your space and are stressing you.  How to declutter then without feeling overwhelmed? Momi Berlin makes it all simple with this easy to follow busy person’s guide to cleaning and decluttering. Avoid buying crate boxes...

10 Hacks for Cleaning Hard to Reach Places Out of sight, out of mind, right? If only it was so easy. Although you could say hang to anything that can’t be cleaned with an outstretched arm and a damp cloth, sooner or later, you’re going to have to get around to those hard to reach places… for your own peace of mind, if nothing else. Fortunately, just because an area’s in a difficult spot doesn’t mean it’s impossible to clean. With a few little tricks, those grimy little nooks and dirty little crannies will soon be as gleaming as the...

My grandmother cooked in an embroidered cotton caftan and rubber flip-flops, getting all of her prep out of the way in the morning, sometimes enlisting my help with tedious potato-peeling or kneading. Blasting Hindi movie soundtracks on the radio, she built the seasonal Gujarati dish undhiyu, a specialty of the city of Surat, with purple yams and plantains, flat hyacinth beans and teeny eggplants, all of it layered in a giant, lipped stainless-steel pot and left to cook slowly over the charcoal outside. This didn’t happen in India, but in Kenya. I’m a part of the diaspora. Born in London...