Fire services have issued a warning to anyone with a washing machine or a dishwasher in their kitchen. Christmas is a busy time of year for our kitchens, indeed the entire house, as people stay home ...

It's an argument as old as the dishwasher itself — is it better to wash dishes by hand or to use the dishwasher. For some, the labor of washing dishes or cleaning the house can be therapeutic, and we ...

Dishwashers are the way to go if you comply with two simple criteria: "Run a dishwasher only when it’s full, and don’t rinse your dishes before putting them in the dishwasher," says John Morril, of ...