What do you reach for most at the stove?
We’re guessing salt and pepper grinders,
and olive oil. To shift into high gear for the
holidays, borrow this idea from Living
creative director Abbey Kuster-Prokell: Arrange
them on a small lazy Susan, along with
pinch bowls of salt and pepper—for single-
handed sprinkling—and fancier finishing
salts. Premix salt and pepper in a bowl, too
(you’ll thank us when prepping your bird).
Then nestle in a crock of utensils, and take
your mini mise en place for a spin. Below,
our food editors share three more ways to
game your kitchen for go time.
THE DETAILS: Pottery Barn white marble lazy Susan,
$70, potterybarn.com.
Stage Your
Cooking
Essentials
RECYCLE RIGHT
Take five minutes (we swear)
to install Simple Human’s smooth-
rolling under-cabinet recycling
station, and you’ll never line up
empties by the sink again. The
black larger bin is built for bottles
and cans (crush them to fit more);
the blue one holds more paper
bags than a Trader Joe’s check-
out counter.
THE DETAILS: Simple Human in-
cabinet pull-out recycler can, 35 liters,
$80, simplehuman.com.
Get Ahead
of Garbage
Set up a waste-minimizing
system that anticipates your
every move.
Stack and
Store
Our food
editors use
restaurant-
style pint and
quart contain-
ers for food
prep, meal trans-
port, leftovers—
you name it.
Buy a pack and
put them to
work: “Get a
head start
on cleaning
and chopping
ingredients,
and put them
in tubs
grouped by
recipe in the
fridge,” says
Living food and
entertaining
director Sarah
Carey. “This
way, when you
start cooking,
everything is
together and
at hand.”
THE DETAILS:
DuraHome food-storage
containers with lids,
$18 for a 44-piece mixed-
size set, amazon.com.
“Go through your
fridge, freezer, and
pantry to toss any-
thing that’s expired
and combine any-
thing open that you
have multiples of,”
says Sarah.
“Stow appliances you
won’t need, like your
toaster or blender,”
says deputy food edi-
tor Greg Lofts.
“If there’s space
between your upper
cabinets and the
ceiling, use it to park
extra-large platters
and bowls,” says Greg.
CONCEAL COMPOST
Sweeping peels, seeds, and other
scraps into the compact YukChuk
container is a breeze: The clever
lid hinges outward for easy access,
then clamps down tight to seques-
ter the smell. It mounts French
cleat–style to the inside of a cabinet
door, so it’s a cinch to lift off and
empty, and you can run it through
the dishwasher’s hot cycle to get
it squeaky-clean.
THE DETAILS: YukChuk under-counter
kitchen compost bin, $28, amazon.com.
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42 NOVEMBER 2019
KIRSTEN FRANCIS (LAZY SUSAN); PETER ARDITO (COMPOST BIN, STORAGE CONTAINERS); COURTESY OF SIMPLE HUMAN (RECYCLING BIN)
