I have the best dish towel dryer in the entire world. It cost seven dollars and it brings me a lot of satisfaction, which is nice, because a bad dishtowel situation can be surprisingly irritating.

You think this has nothing to do with cooking, but that’s not true. If you are cooking, that means that you, or some wonderful person in your household, are probably doing dishes. You’re drying fruits and vegetables that you’ve just washed. You’re washing your hands.* All in all, there’s a lot of moisture absorbing that needs to happen in the kitchen.

The beauty of this sucker is that you can dry three dishtowels, and they’re not getting in the way of drawers or cabinets, and you can spread them out a bit so they dry quickly, and you can just toss them over one of the arms without fussing over looping them through a drawer handle.

And look! Some water dripped into the cuff of the dishwashing gloves** and there they are, drying and looking creepy instead of becoming gross and fungus-y.

And it’s seven dollars.

* I do not want to know if you’re not washing your hands.

** Are you using dishwashing gloves? I strongly recommend it, it makes the whole dishwashing process much more pleasant. I like to get the gloves that are a bit sturdier— they don’t crack or tear as quickly as the cheapo ones, so I think the cost evens out over time.