The Best Tips for Cleaning Stubborn Food Residue

There is no way to avoid it: an abundance of dirty dishes is an unavoidable part of any home-cooked holiday feast.

While the last thing anyone wants to do after braising a roast or baking dozens of gingerbread treats is deal with dirty dishes, your casserole pans and cookie sheets aren’t going to wash themselves. So, the least you can do is make the dishes as easy to clean as possible–because the only thing worse than washing dishes is scrubbing dishes with stubborn food stuck on them.

With these simple tips from Resident Chef Mark Garcia, in partnership with Finish Ultimate, you will have the perfect game plan in place to get off even the most difficult bits so you can get back to enjoying the holiday cheer as soon as possible.