10 Teched-Out Techniques for Saving FoodS  Hey America: You
waste almost 40 percent of the food you produce. WTF? Sure, you
can address that by making behavioral changes, but, uhm...
boring! Fortunately, we can fix this. With gear.   10 Teched-Out
Techniques for Saving Food  Water may be the essence of life,
but its presence actually makes food go bad quickly. Dehydrated
food = long life. Just ask your 7-Eleven clerk how long the beef
jerky sticks have been sitting there. You can dehydrate food to
prolong its usefulness with a variety of home food dehydrators.
And dehydrating stale crackers and chips can bring them back to
life like that holy water in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
Plus, it's hard to turn down anything with model names like
"Snackmaster" or "Jerky Xpress." While most home dehydrators are
pretty wonky looking, the L'Equip wouldn't look out of place
next to that server rack in your kitchen.  Cool It  Like the
Cold War nuclear arms race, refrigerator companies have long
played a game of one