Microwave Cooking Links
Whether you're an experienced microwave user, or new to microwave cooking, there are many sites in addition to this one that can help you perfect your microwave cooking skills.
Cooking for Engineers — Equipment & Gear: Microwave Safe Containers — This is an excellent article discussing the different materials that are safe to use in the microwave.
CorningWare has consistently produced utensils that are safe for the microwave, as well as providing the versatility of being able to be used in your conventional oven and store food in your refrigerator and freezer. CorningWare is beautiful enough to do double-duty as serving pieces, cutting down on clean-up.
How Things Work: the Physics of Everyday Life — Think of this site like a call-in radio talk show. Louis A. Bloomfield, Professor of Physics, The University of Virginia, provides questions already asked and answered from the technical side of microwave cooking. Use the search feature to find the answer to your question. If you don't see an answer to your question, write to him.
Superheating and Microwave Ovens — There have been several emails being sent around about boiling water exploding in the microwave and causing injury. If you take proper precautions, you can avoid having this happen to you. Fortunately, Joe Wolfe, an Associate Professor of Physics at The University of South New Wales in Sydney, Australia, has put together this excellent page, which not only explains how and why it happens, but how to avoid it as well.
USDA: Cooking Safely in the Microwave Oven — The United States Department of Agriculture offers safety tips for using your microwave considering the on-the-go lifestyle of today's families.
Waveware Ltd. is an Irish owned company located in Longford, Ireland, that launched in the European market in 1984. Waveware offers an array of products specifically designed to be used in the microwave.
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