Mama used aluminum foil to keep the oven clean, but could it create a bigger problem? If you’ve ever tried shimmying a fully loaded pizza dough onto a pizza stone in your oven only to have ingredients ...

Trying to avoid a mess can actually create other problems. Maybe you just cleaned the oven or you just had a brand new one delivered. We love baking but no one likes to make a mess to leave behind in ...

Dear Heloise: I have a rather large piece of aluminum foil that is stuck to the bottom of the oven. How can I remove it without damaging the finish? - Kathy P., via email Yikes! Place a wet, warm, ...

Dear Heloise: If you can help with this, you will forever be my idol. I was making pies. As always with fruit (at least mine), they run. I put foil on the rack the pie would be sitting on, and I put ...

If you’ve ever tried shimmying a fully loaded pizza dough onto a pizza stone in your oven only to have ingredients go everywhere, you might be all too familiar with deep oven clean-up. Whether it’s a ...

Claire is Lifehacker's Senior Food Editor. She has a B.S. in chemistry, a decade of food journalism experience, and a deep love for mayonnaise and MSG. Aluminum foil is a very useful, flat, and ...