Microwaves are handy for reheating leftovers or making a bag of popcorn. You can even use them for cooking the occasional potato or preparing a plate of bacon. But you might be surprised to know you ...

The microwave doesn't have a particularly great reputation for producing quality meals. Sometimes, this isn't necessarily even the fault of the appliance. Cooks of any and all levels attack the box, ...

Like so many of the most banal tools of modern life—duct tape, tampons, canned soup, the Internet—the microwave oven was born from the industry of war. Its key element: magnetron tubes, tiny, ...