These kitchen storage and organization essentials will keep your counters clean, your ingredients fresh, and your utensils within easy reach.

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I Tested 11 Knife Rolls—Three Kept Blades Safe and Secure for Easy Transport
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I Tested 48 Dry Food Storage Containers and Found Seven Sets That’ll Keep Pantry Goods Fresh
A stainless steel utensil crock filled with various utensils.
I Tested 11 Utensil Crocks to Find the Best Ones for Stashing Spoons and Spatulas of All Sorts
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Put a Lid on Your Sheet Pan to Achieve Food Storage Glory
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We Tested 9 Universal Knife Blocks to See If Any Were Worth the Countertop Space
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Why You Should Stop Storing Cheese This Way — and What I Do Instead to Keep My Cheese Fresh
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For Fermentation, We Love E-Jen Containers
A bread box with a loaf of bread in it and its lid closed.
I Tested 11 Bread Boxes to Find the Best Ones for Storing Loaves of All Sorts and Shapes
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Stop Storing Knives Loose in Your Drawer—This $48 Cork-Lined Box Keeps Mine Nice and Sharp
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I Tested 14 Lunch Boxes—The Best Would Never Dream of Squishing Your Sandwich
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Why You Should Keep Desiccants Packets in Your Kitchen
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The Best Sous Vide Containers (Some, You Might Already Have)
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The Best Kitchen Cleaning Products, According to Serious Eats Staffers
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We Tested 7 Squeeze Bottles to Find the Three Best for Cooking, Sauces, and More
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We Tested 9 Olive Oil Dispensers and Found 2 Favorites for Storing and Pouring
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Lunch Never Looked So Good: We Tested 11 Bento Boxes to Find the Best Ones
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To Find the Best Coffee Canister, We Stored and Brewed Pounds and Pounds of Beans
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We Tested 11 Food Storage Containers—These Are Our Favorites
Multiple magnetic knife strips.
We Tested 17 Magnetic Knife Strips to Find the Best, Most Secure Ones
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The Best Reusable Food Bags for Sandwiches, Snacks, Meal Prep, and More
two cambros stacked on top of one another
Why You Need Cambros in Your Kitchen
Food thermoses displayed against a white tile backdrop
We Found the 4 Best Food Thermoses to Upgrade Your Lunch Game
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I Had 13 Compost Bins in My Kitchen for Weeks to Find the Best, Least Stinky Ones
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Kitchen Storage and Organization Essentials That Make Us Better Cooks
a close up of a metro rack shelving unit filled with kitchen equipment from the Serious Eats test kitchen
Why Metro Racks Are the Best Kitchen Shelving
Two hands placing a Ziplock bag with meat into it into a tub filled with water. This image displays how to use the "displacement method" for removing air from a bag without a vacuum sealer.
How to Seal Foods Airtight Without a Vacuum Sealer
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The Best Way to Store Your Knives
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How to Clean Out Your Spice Cabinet and Organize It—for Good
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How to Stock Your Wine Fridge
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Ergonomics and How to Organize Your Home Bar
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Kitchen Hack: Use a Guitar Mount to Store Your Pizza Peels
5 Ways to Organize Your Spice Rack
A piece of medium-rare steak sliced into thin pieces on a wooden cutting board.
How to Most Effectively Tenderize Steak
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The Science of Marinades
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The Foolproof Way to Ripen Peaches Every Time
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How to Clean Strawberries So They Last Longer
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Should You Wash Chicken?
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How to Ripen and Store Avocados
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How to Store Cherries So They Stay Fresh Longer
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How to Set Up a Wok Cooking Station
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Dry-Brining Is the Best Way to Brine Meat, Poultry, and More
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How to Clean, Trim, and Prepare Artichokes
Three towel-lined trays filled with freshly washed kale and lettuce.
How to Clean and Store Fresh Produce
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How to Buy, Prep, and Cut Green Beans
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How to Prepare and Store Ginger
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How to Set Up a Prep Station Like a Pro Cook
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How to Wrap Your Sandwiches for Better Eating on the Go
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How to Prepare Salt-Packed Anchovies
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The Food Lab: How to Prepare Green Spring Produce
A Better Way to Skin Charred Peppers for Chilis, Soups, and Stews
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The Best Way to Prevent Cut Apples From Browning
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How to Cut Chicken Breasts Into Cutlets
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The Best and Most Accurate Way to Measure Wet and Dry Ingredients for Baking
How to Trim a Whole Beef Tenderloin for Roasting
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How to Dry-Age Duck at Home
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Save Your Vegetable Scraps, Make Stock
Four Pacific razor clams in their shells on a marble slab.
Pacific Razor Clams: How to Catch, Clean, and Cook Them
Thick slices of perfectly cooked roast turkey breast arranged on a white plate, along with stuffing and a radicchio salad.
The Right Way to Brine Turkey