Being Us

How Not To Stink, and Other Kitchen Hacks That Don’t Suck

By Anne Radcliffe September 2, 2014

There’s a billion “kitchen hacks” list out there, most of which is “duh” stuff (which is why they like to make themselves sound more amazing than they are by saying there’s 100 of them). Few are practical.

When you’ve been around the block–er, kitchen a few times, you pick up some handy tips and tricks by accident or ancient elder lore. Some are frugal, some are practical, some you wonder why the heck have never made it into the general pool of knowledge. And all of these are Anne-tested-and-approved. Especially the cleaning ones, cause I love to cook, but I hate to clean.

See some of Anne’s favorites over at FoodRetro.com.

Author Anne Radcliffe

Anne usually speaks in memes and SAT words, and she frequently attempts to explain the laws of physics and high school chemistry according to the kitchen via her home blog FoodRetro. If you want to know why ice melts or pretzels turn brown, and you want to make food that you never imagined could be made from scratch in the process, she's your blogger. Her friends describe her as "hilarious when you get to know her," but it could be that they are just amused by the way she gets riled up when reading the paper. She can also be found playing the part of community editor and grammar nazi here on BLUNTmoms.