Most cooks I know—including me—hate wearing gloves in the kitchen. That’s probably why you can find so many of us ignoring health-department regulations that prohibit touching food with bare hands.

Whether the food's been cooked or whether the food is going to be served uncooked, Pierce County food service workers are required to wear gloves or use tongs when touching or preparing whatever you ...

You’re at a deli. You watch the cook take the trash out, or have a cigarette, or step away to heed nature’s call, and then come back to the kitchen just in time to make your sandwich. “Put some gloves ...