If you have empty space above your kitchen cabinets, and your kitchen is small, then here's a storage idea for you. Last Fall I had an epiphany and bought three 12"-by-10" storage baskets to serve as extra storage above my kitchen cabinets. They serve two purposes: More

The pants-hanger-as-cookbook-holder has been receiving a lot of attention these days. (If you haven't heard of this yet, see video clip below.) It is a handy tip, and reminds me how often I use a bull clip to hold my recipes up and at eye level in my kitchen. More

Bar carts made a big comeback in recent years as people took to keeping their liquor out in the open. But if that's not your thing, here's another use for them: a mobile storage place for dishes and kitchen tools! More

Q: I just signed up for The Fresh 20 and am curious about online meal planning services. Do other readers use this type of service? How have they found them to be in terms of saving time and ensuring that cooking is still an enjoyable and creative process?

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Last week we asked our readers for their best tips for meal planning. How do you get dinner on the table, week in and week out, without getting bored? How do you stay energized and engaged with the act of cooking at home? Here are fifteen of our best and most universal tips for learning how to plan your meals. More

I love this cheery little pantry, which illustrates some cute printable labels from Better Homes and Gardens. What I really love, though, even more than the labels, are the calendar and shopping list on the back of the door! More

Most cooks appreciate every scrap of storage space allotted to their kitchen, big or small, urban or suburban. Some of us let the kitchen spill out into other spaces in the home (remember how David Lebovitz keeps his ice cream maker under the bed?). I recaptured an inefficient coat closet and turned it into a cheery little pantry — one of my all-time most useful kitchen projects! Packing all your kitchen goods together in a pantry like this can really streamline your organizing and post-grocery shopping routine. Here are ten more inspiring examples of pantries, each with a takeaway for small spaces. More

In yesterday's post on battling food waste in the kitchen, many of you praised the benefits of meal planning. What is meal planning, to you? What's your routine? Do you draw up a big chart for the whole month and stick to it? Do you go to the store, see what looks good, and let that guide your meals? Do you freeze meals far ahead of time? We'd love your best meal planning tips and ideas — what keeps you organized and well-fed? More

I have become intimately acquainted with the walls of my new house as over the last several weeks my husband and I and a pack of friends have stripped most of the rooms of wall coverings, plaster, and lathe, exposing the true bones and studs. One side effect of this (besides sore shoulders and scraped hands!) is that the naked structure of my house has given me a whole new perspective on storage. There's so much room in there, between the studs! Here are some inspiring photos showing how you can use all that negative space inside your walls for positive storage solutions. More

Kitchen pull-outs are a dreamy feature of custom kitchens, making access to things like trash, recycling, and pantry essentials much easier. Here's a new twist on the pull-out theme: Basket drawers for root vegetables and fruit. Would you do this, if you had the chance? More