Kitchen organization is a subject dear to cooks’ hearts. Whether you’re making the most of a small kitchen or you have acres of cabinet space to fill, if you’re like many cooks, you have pretty definite opinions about What Goes Where. For example, in this Colin Cowie video (one of my all-time favorites), the entertaining expert reveals the organization strategies of his fabulously beautiful and buttoned-up kitchen, including a whole freezer dedicated to specific ice cube shapes, all stored in neat containers: It’s extreme organization at its most luxurious. I happen to be an organization-obsessed person: I spend a lot of affectionate quality time with spreadsheets. My kitchen may not match Colin Cowie’s in organizational splendor (he alphabetizes his spice rack…drool), but I do have some pretty intense feelings about the importance of labels, clear plastic storage containers, wire racks, and using vertical space, like the insides of cabinet doors. And I’m not alone in being a wee bit passionate on this subject: Friends and co-workers weighed in with great, focused suggestions, which often read more like capital-c Commandments. A list of ten collective-wisdom kitchen organization commandments is after the jump. “Preserve and defend your counter space: Keep only frequently-used utensils out, organized in crocks, plus small appliances you use every day, but try not to have too much else on your work surface.” “Hooks and racks are the answer! Mount hooks under cabinet shelves f…[...]

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Kitchen Organization: 10 Commandments