I've been in my new apartment for over three months and other than breakfast cereal and the occasional snack I've cooked exactly two meals. I can attempt to blame the slow down on any number of things, (not having a dishwasher is hard) but the one handicap that I've finally decided to remedy is counter space. There's just not enough. It's the challenge of many a New Yorker, or at least those New Yorker's who actually cook. I seem to have an astounding number of friends here who use their kitchens for storage, the ovens serving as bookshelves.
I have a spacious apartment, but the kitchen is tiny, so finding a solution for extra counter space was a challenge. An architect friend of mine recommended building out some kind of fold-up contraption which I would need to have designed and installed. Too much work. Instead I headed to Target.com and found this extremely affordable and seemingly effective (I'll know better when it actually arrives this week) chrome baker's rack. It's only 14" deep, but will add a 36" wide counter plus additional storage for my pots and pans, utensils, and other kitchen essentials. The Container Store carries a similar rack for $250, but the Target version is only $99. You gotta love Target!
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