Being a better cook is more than mastering recipes. It’s also getting the most from your food, wasting little and repurposing leftovers in creative, even ingenious ways. These ideas will help you use up odds and ends and improve kitchen storage.Produce A crowded vegetable crisper is soon a rotten one. Allow air to circulate. Most vegetables are best left in plastic bags that are open and punched with holes. (But leave onions and potatoes in a dark cabinet or pantry away from the other vegetables and each other.) Wrap lettuce and cucumbers in paper towels and refrigerate in plastic bags. For best results, wrap cukes individually. Rinse herbs lightly, roll in paper towels and refrigerate in a...
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