How to Organize Your Fridge Like a Grown-Up
It took many shameful trips to the garbage can–tossing out moldy food and curiously sniffing heavy cream–to finally build some grown-up fridge habits. For me, a grown-up fridge is the…
Where to Find Extra Storage Space in Your Kitchen
Photo: brizmaker (Shutterstock) While spacious kitchens have become a status symbol of sorts, that hasn’t always been the case. So if you live in an older home that hasn’t been…
How to Store Bread, According to Your Bread Personality
Welcome back to The Grown-Up Kitchen, a segment of Skillet devoted to answering basic kitchen questions. Not every voting-age adult is comfortable slingin’ steaks or even heating their frozen pizza.…
How to Tell Your Frozen Food Has Gone Bad (Without Tasting It)
It’s difficult to imagine modern life without access to refrigeration. Not only does it make grocery shopping a lot easier to plan, being able to freeze our food and leftovers…
How to Turn a Mini Fridge Into a Cheese Cave
I learned to make cheese under the tutelage of two women on a farm in New Zealand. The memory that really stuck is being shown to the cheese cave, a…
Kitchen Tips: 5 Storage Containers You Must Have In Kitchen To Avoid Spoilage
Keeping stocks of food can be problematic. Many of us don’t have enough space for storing containers in our kitchen cabinets and fridge, which can lead to cluttered cabinets. I’m…
Has Your Fridge Stopped Working? Here’s How To Handle The Food In Your Fridge
When there’s a power cut, one of the first things we worry about is the food in our refrigerators. Nowadays, we have come to rely very heavily on this appliance.…
Dutch Doors, Laundry Chutes, and Other Old-Fashioned Home Features You Should Still Use Today
Photo: Poleijphoto (Shutterstock) I grew up in a densely-populated city in the Northeast, about as far from rural life as you can get. Running around as a kid, I remember…
12 Unexpected Household Uses for Cling Wrap
Photo: New Africa (Shutterstock) Cling wrap is a kitchen MVP, always there when you need to wrap up leftovers or keep ingredients fresher for longer in the fridge. It can…
The Grossest Part of Your Refrigerator (and How to Clean It)
Photo: nimito (Shutterstock) Keeping your refrigerator clean is easy when there are obvious spills or food bits or expired items front and center on shelves and in drawers. But the…