Vacuum Food Sealers information

Vacuum-sealing food

The University of Georgia Consumer Sciences Extension offers a primer on vacuum packaging and food safety.

A contributor to the Chicago-based culinary site LTHForum.com offers a tutorial on "flash-pickling" with a FoodSaver vacuum sealer.

North Dakota State University offers a handy guide that lists storage timetables for a variety of foods.

Sous vide cooking

Sous vide cooking -- or "under vacuum" -- means cooking food in vacuum bags at very low temperatures. Connoisseurs say food tastes moist and full of flavor. You can experiment with it if you have a countertop vacuum sealer. Here are a few background articles.

Slate magazine's Sara Dickerman explores sous vide in "The Slowest Food."

Douglas Baldwin's "A Practical Guide to Sous Vide Cooking" is scientific, complete with measurements for various foods.

"Viva Sous-Vide!" at Chow.com by Louisa Chu covers food sealers and how to use them for sous vide.

Manufacturer websites:

Deni

Oliso

PackMate

Reynolds Packaging Group

Rival

Tilia FoodSaver