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Two Reasons to Put a Dry Erase Board in the Kitchen

I recently put a small, inexpensive dry erase board on the refrigerator, and it's been so useful. Here are two simple ways I have been using it! ...

Does Your Fridge Have a Fever? Check Its Temperature!

We received a nasty shock early last week when all our refrigerated food suddenly and mysteriously started spoiling! The culprit ended up being a busted cooling fan, but we learned a lot about fridges...

Quick Tip: Store Nuts in the Freezer

We stocked up on nuts this past weekend in anticipation of all the holiday baking we have planned in the next two months. A while back, we learned that the best place to keep nuts for long-term storag...

What Foods Are Always In Your Fridge?
The Fall 2009 Kitchen Cure

As the Fall Kitchen Cure progresses, we are seeing a lot of your refrigerators, freezers, and pantries. It's always a fascinating anthropological thing to peek in someone's else's fridge. We're curi...

My Chalkboard Fridge: Turn Your Fridge Into a Food Diary
Guest Post from Chichi of My Chalkboard Fridge

A while back I transformed the surface of my refrigerator into a giant chalkboard and began to record what I cooked in the kitchen and harvested from our garden. It was a handy way to plan meals and t...

Kitchen Cure Confession: Reverse Cure for the Fridge

So, how did your weekend Cure activities go? Is your fridge gleaming? Are your cupboards decluttered and neat? I wish mine were! I have been meaning to show you my own fridge, in the spirit of honesty...

Condiments and Expiration Dates: Pantry Cleaning Tips

Are you deep into cleaning your pantry during this week of the Kitchen Cure? I confess that I haven't started yet, but I have a lot of things to work on in my cupboards and pantry! I am looking forwar...

Refrigerator of the Future?

In some ways it's true that the design of the refrigerator hasn't changed all that much from its inception almost 100 years ago, despite the fact that it's one of the most used (and least efficient!) ...

Arctic Air Commercial Refrigerator
Restaurant Appliances in a Home Kitchen

We can't pass up browsing at restaurant supply stores, but the giant scale usually makes those alluring 3-bay sinks and enormous mixers impossible to consider taking home. Not to mention the rewiring ...

Good Question: How To Keep Veggies Crisp in the Fridge?

This question seemed like a good companion to yesterday's Good Question on a neater way to store onions and garlic. Adam has a similar problem, but it's all in his fridge. I have been having the wor...

Reader Tip: Organize Your Fridge with Six-Packs

Look at this great tip from reader Lisa, who found a good way to corral the condiment bottles in her fridge. Her solution is easy, free, and it even recycles. ...

Kitchen Organization: What's On Top of Your Fridge?

If you have a tiny apartment kitchen like ours, you know that every available surface, nook, and cranny is put to use in some form. Lately we've been eying the top of our fridge and thinking that we c...

Refrigerator Art: Recipes on the Fridge (Plus a Question)

When Dana asked you what's on your fridge, many of you said that there were recipes and menus stuck to your icebox. We do this too! Here's a comment and a question on keeping recipes on the fridge... ...

Good Question: Do Fridge Crisper Drawers Really Work?

One commenter in the post about how not to waste food offered her solution to wasting less food which is to put vegetables and fruits on the top shelf of the refrigerator so that they won't go forgot...

How To: Organize Your Fridge

With spring cleaning on our brains and the Kitchn Cure for inspiration, we're ready to take a fresh look at the contents of our refrigerator. But once all the expired condiments have been tossed and t...