Magnetic Periodic Table of Herbs & Spices!

Faith Durand
Faith DurandSenior Vice President of Content at AT Media
Faith is the SVP of Content at Apartment Therapy Media and former Editor-in-Chief of The Kitchn. She is the author of three cookbooks, including the James Beard Award-winning, The Kitchn Cookbook. She lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband and two daughters.
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How do you organize your dried herbs and spices? In a drawer? On the wall? We’re always so impressed when our readers send in their own organizational accomplishments — but Tyler really wins the award for most awesome (and most nerdy!) approach! Read on for more…

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Tyler sent us these photos and told us:

I designed this magnetic spice rack after searching fruitlessly for a creative way to display all my spices. I loved the idea of a magnetic spice rack to go along with my magnetic knife rack, but store bought options were either too boring or too expensive. Then I found some test tube spice rack designs on Instructables. As an engineer and Alton Brown fan, I wanted to stick to the idea of cooking as chemistry. I borrowed a commenter’s idea of using taxonomy as a way of organizing spices and ran with it. After a few hours on Wikipedia, I decided to group the herbs and spices by Order and include the Family and Latin and English names on each box.

Two thumbs up, Tyler! That is pretty awesome.

More Reader Spice Projects

• How To Make a Wall-Mounted Magnetic Spice Rack
• A Truly Organized Spice Drawer
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Budget Spice Organization with IKEA’s DROPPAR Jars & RIBBA Shelf

(Images: Tyler via The Kitchn’s submission form)

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