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Best Place to Store Spices in Your Kitchen(Drawer vs Pantry vs Counter) Food needs great taste. Fresh herbs bring that taste. Old jars just hold dust. Finding the best place to store spices fixes this issue. My cooking space used to be a huge mess.…

How to Prevent Moisture in Spice Jars and Stop Clumps Tuesday evening found me making a big pot of soup. Rain tapped against the window glass. The kitchen smelled very good. Reaching for my onion powder, I wanted to add a final touch. Unscrewing the…

It was a rainy Tuesday night. I wanted to make a warm pot of chicken stew. The recipe called for a huge spoonful of smoked paprika. I opened my pantry and found a jar hiding in the back. That jar had been sitting there for…

It was a rainy Tuesday afternoon last monsoon season. Dinner plans called for a simple chicken curry. My little plastic jar of ground cumin came next. I opened the flip top and carefully shook it into the hot oil. Nothing happened. I tapped the bottom…

It is a cold, wet Tuesday night in Chicago. After getting home, exhaustion sets in. Fresh garlic drops into a hot Lodge cast iron pan. It smells so great. But then, panic hits. You can not find a good spatula. You grab a cheap plastic…

I learned this lesson on a rushed weeknight.I was making eggs after work. The pan was hot. I left my plastic spatula resting inside for a minute. When I came back, the tip had curled.It looked warped and shiny. A sharp smell filled the kitchen.…

I still remember the first time I tried to clean and season a cast iron skillet on my own. It was a Sunday afternoon. I had just made cornbread, and the bottom stuck like glue. I stood there staring at the pan, half proud of…

A few years ago, I thought any sharp blade would do. I was wrong. I still remember standing in my small kitchen on a Sunday night, trying to chop onions with a dull knife. The blade slipped, and the pieces came out uneven. Pain shot…

Picture this. It is a cold, dark night. My icy Midwest kitchen is freezing. You just got home. You are so mad and hungry. The floor is sticky. Cooking feels too hard. That feeling is very familiar to me. Testing home tools is part of…

Hey friends, I am Jhon from Fort Myers. After a long day at work and fighting the evening traffic, I used to stare at the kitchen and feel totally lost. My wife and kids would look at me with hungry eyes. I needed fast cooking…