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End Kitchen Clutter: Cat Cora's 6 Tips for Taming the Chaos

When a Los Angeles family moves into a larger house, more space means more mess—especially in the kitchen. Chef Cat Cora finds a way to organize the disarray.
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Baird admits that some evenings she avoids using her baking sheets and heavy roasting pans simply because the hassle of pulling the right one from the jumbled pile is too daunting. Cora suggests eliminating the piles altogether by removing the under-counter cabinet's horizontal shelf and outfitting the space with vertical racks instead. Now Baird can quickly grab any pan she needs without fear of everything else toppling onto her toes.

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From the September 2012 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine
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