You’re giving your spice rack a much-needed clean-out and you come across a mystery ingredient: cream of tartar. Huh, looks like I’ve never touched this one, you think. But don’t toss it in the trash ...

Cream of tartar is a surprisingly useful and natural gardening helper that can fight pests, clean tools, and boost plant health. The baking staple can naturally repel garden pests like aphids, slugs, ...

Cream of tartar has a rather deceptive name—it’s not creamy and it (thankfully) has nothing to do with teeth. Here’s everything you ever need to know about the baking essential: What is Cream of ...

If you've started to notice tiny, white, powdery, or splotchy spots on your plants, you might be dealing with a common fungal disease known as powdery mildew. While it typically doesn't cause ...

Careful observers may note, when looking at a small bowl of cream of tartar, that it is neither particularly creamy nor particularly like anything we'd call "tartar." In fact, some may confuse it with ...

Kick things off by heating your oven to 220 degrees, then chuck the flour, salt, caster sugar, bicarbonate of soda and cream ...

The Washington Post staff recently answered questions about all things edible. Here are edited excerpts from that chat. Q: I am so confused. I read that cream of tartar is a leavening agent but that ...

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