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Expand Your Dish-Drying Space

Large cookware can quickly overload a countertop dish rack. When Arlene Lighthall of Del Mar, Calif., has an empty dishwasher and lots of pots and pans to dry, she uses the dishwasher racks as extra draining space.

A No-Spray Way to Juice Citrus

When he’s juicing citrus, Nick Martellacci of Brooklyn, N.Y., holds his reamer over a funnel set inside a jar. The funnel helps send the juice straight into the jar, preventing it

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