Food storage

thumb|Food in a refrigerator with its door open

thumb|An unfinished basement used for storage and exercise thumb|Chillon Castle (Château de Chillon) basement thumb|A former Stasi basement hallway

thumb|A contemporary kitchen pantry

type of food conservation

Tupperware is an American company that manufactures and internationally distributes preparation, storage, and serving containers for the kitchen and home. It was founded in 1942 by Earl Tupper, who developed his first bell-shaped container and introduced the products to the public in 1946.

thin plastic film typically used for sealing food

thumb|A refrigerated minibar in a Hyatt|Grand Hyatt hotel, filled with beverages. This minibar detects whenever an item is removed and charges the guest instantly, even if the item is not consumed.

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a refrigerator which can communicate with its surroundings

type of storage that allows food to be eaten after time

thumb|upright=1.2|alt=Labeled black-and-white image of an icebox|Icebox used in cafés of Paris in the late 1800s An icebox (also called a cold closet) is a compact, non-mechanical refrigerator which was a common early-twentieth-century kitchen appliance before the development of safely powered refrigeration devices. They were insulated cabinets, to which large chunks of ice would need to be added every several days to maintain refrigeration.

thumb|A pastry larder at The Regency Town House in Hove. A marble-topped table and deep drawers which would have contained flour and sugar allowed pastry to be made away from the heat of the kitchen. A larder is a cool area for storing food prior to use. Originally, it was where raw meat was larded—covered in pig fat—to be preserved. This method slowed spoilage by sealing out air, bacteria, and moisture. In colder larders (4 °C/40 °F or lower), larded meat could last for months, while in warmer conditions, the fat turned rancid within weeks. By the 18th century, the term had expanded

employment title for a person who works as a cook but specializes in cold food

place designed to store food outdoors and prevent animals from accessing it

textile fabric impregnated with beeswax, impermeable to water

thumb|220px|right|The Inca empire and the roads which traversed it thumb|right|A complex of 27 Qullqas above Ollantaytambo, Peru A qullqa ( "deposit, storehouse"; (spelling variants: colca, collca, qolca, qollca) was a storage building found along roads and near the cities and political centers of the Inca Empire. These were large stone buildings with roofs thatched with "ichu" grass, or what is known as Peruvian feathergrass (Jarava ichu). To a "prodigious [extent] unprecedented in the annals of world prehistory" the Incas stored food and other commodities which could be distributed to their

Type of cupboard serving as a workstation

a state that food can be in

Rubbermaid is an American manufacturer and distributor of household items. A subsidiary of Newell Brands, it is best known for producing food storage containers and trash cans. It also produces sheds, step stools, closets and shelving, laundry baskets, bins, air fresheners and other household items.

South Korean household products company