They're pretty and functional.

Even the most organized home cook tends to have a messy freezer. Why is that? It doesn’t have to be that way! We spent the past year writing about all sorts of tips for cleaning the freezer, organizing it, and just taking better advantage of it. Here’s what you should do in 2018. Just like your fridge, your freezer needs cleaning. It’ll probably need it less often, but it still has to happen.

The "after" was so clean, I could see myself in the glass!

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Get eight plates for less than $11 each!

I've even got before-and-after photos to show you!

Our go-to method just calls for some liquid dish soap!

The idea from the 1977 catalog is my favorite.

The stuff has more than 2,000 five-star reviews on Amazon. Here's what we thought.

One little change, and everything else fell into place!

I didn't have to buy a single thing!

When we were done gawking, that is.

Sorry to be the ones to say this, but summer is almost over. (Winter is coming!) If your summer has just been ho-hum so far, there is still time to right the ship — and even make it better than last summer. Just consider these eight things a mandatory checklist for you to complete between now and Labor Day. If you haven’t been to your local farmers market yet this summer, now is the time.

It's unconventional, but it works!

When it comes down to it, there may be no better storage solution in the world than a pegboard. Woodworkers and car folks love ’em for a garage, but we think they work even better in the kitchen. Don’t take our word for it, though; none other than the great Julia Child swore by a pegboard for hanging everything from copper pans to whisks (see hers here). As you’ll see from us in the days to come, there’s no setup a pegboard can’t handle. A pegboard as a spice rack?