Washing your grapes with baking soda is easy. All you have to do is put the cluster of grapes you need into a large bowl and sprinkle about a teaspoon of baking soda for every two cups of water.

When you're ready to indulge, consider how much of the package you want to serve and only wash those clusters of table grapes. Reserve the rest (unwashed) for another snacktime (more on storage ...

This dropping of flowers is called coulure. Since each flower is responsible for a grape, the cluster of grapes that eventually forms is loose and missing grapes. If the improperly fertilized flower ...