Never let asparagus grit ruin your day again.

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Let's be honest: you probably don't need that avocado pitter, or six different ladles. Start your year off right by decluttering you kitchen -- you'll be glad you did. 

It's a New Year: time to make your kitchen feel new again.

Set the stage for your dream kitchen. 

In all likelihood, there is an island, or at the very least, counters that go on for miles, on which you chop, dice, and mix. (You set up separate stations for each, just because you can.) There are appliances and tools ready for you at your every mixing and churning whimsy, places to bake, and then to cool, all of your latest creations. And somewhere -- maybe above the stove, maybe beside it -- there are likely copper pots, beautiful and shining and ready to simmer. 

Merrill demonstrates how to properly load a dishwasher, because there is a right way and a wrong way to do it.