Summer Food Fights
The Gold Medal Kitchen Hack
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Last week, in honor of the Summer Food Fights we asked you to send in Your Best Kitchen Hack -- and we promised you some glorious, drool-worthy prizes.
Wednesday, we presented our bronze medal to hardlikearmour for her photo tutorial on hacking a cold smoker. Yesterday, we brought you the silver medalist: Parties That Cook, with a quick workaround for mincing ginger.
Today, for the gold medal, we've got vvvanessa with her small kitchen kitchen hack: how to get more counter space out of an ironing board.
Congrats to vvvanessa -- here's your medal!
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Tags: hacks, hack, your best kitchen hack, ironing board, counter space
Comments (26)
9 months ago travelingthispath
Thanks for Vanessa's idea! I live in an apartment with zero counter space, so this is a great idea!
9 months ago lloreen
I cannot find the link for the video....
9 months ago Kristen Miglore
Kristen is the Senior Editor of Food52
Hi lloreen -- it's embedded in the post above, but if that's not working, you can also watch it here: http://www.flickr.com/photos...
9 months ago shef
Congrats on winning the Gold !
10 months ago vrunka
Congrats!! You can put your awesome new French oven on your ironing board!
10 months ago ellenl
What a genius idea---one of those things that make so much sense that nobody thinks of it!!!
10 months ago lapadia
YAY Vanessa, thanks for sharing your idea and congrats on winning the Gold! Oh, and what a film star you would make :)
10 months ago vvvanessa
Whee! Thanks so much, everyone and food52-- and a special shout out to my cinematographer who will be rewarded with lots of braised pork made in the French oven! I'm honored!
10 months ago ATG117
Great idea! Are we able to see all the entered kitchen hacks anywhere?
10 months ago fiveandspice
Emily is a trusted source on Scandinavian Cuisine.
That's such a great idea! I'm sure we'd all learn a lot.
10 months ago gingerroot
Congratulations on winning gold! What a smart and useful hack. PS, After watching the video I saw your salad spinner without a spinner hack - fun and brilliant!
10 months ago Greenstuff
Chris is a trusted source on General Cooking
Very fun, vvvanesa. Guess we know where you're going to put that super golden French oven.
10 months ago Sadassa_Ulna
Great hack, congratulations on winning gold!
10 months ago Foodinese
I didn't win. But congrats to those who did! This was my entry for those who are interested. I turned my refridgerator ice dispenser into a candy machine : http://www.youtube.com...
10 months ago Sadassa_Ulna
Lucky girlfriend! This is not only a really sweet hack (pun intended) but the video itself is adorable.
10 months ago Greenstuff
Chris is a trusted source on General Cooking
That is super, Foodinese! I don't have an ice dispenser, but I'm sharing this with friends!
10 months ago enbe
Pretty darn brilliant. Congrats!
10 months ago Summer of Eggplant
Congratulations! I will certainly use this.
10 months ago NBrush
Congratulations on your excellent idea.
10 months ago fiveandspice
Emily is a trusted source on Scandinavian Cuisine.
Awesome idea. Simple, elegant, useful, and thus brilliant! :)
10 months ago Christina @ Christina's Cucina
genius! :)
10 months ago beyondcelery
Grats, Vanessa! That's absolutely a brilliant idea!
10 months ago hardlikearmour
hardlikearmour is a trusted home cook.
What a great idea! Congratulations!!!
10 months ago aargersi
Abbie is a trusted source on General Cooking.
That solves the Christmas baking Problem! Thanks! And congratulations!!!!
10 months ago sdebrango
Suzanne is a trusted source on General Cooking.
Great idea and congratulations on the gold!!
10 months ago drbabs
Barbara is a trusted source on General Cooking.
Congratulations, vanessa! I love this idea and will probably borrow it from you the next time I go on a baking spree!