Renee Matt

Renee Matt

Renee is an Iowa farmwife with a background as a former kitchen designer. Supporting the family farm with hearty meals has been key to Renee's pantry readiness. She uses her professional IT background and expertise to bring the Pantry Passion website to life. Read more about this farmwife on her about page.

Lunchable Trivia

Assorted lunchable meal kits.

In the post, Are Lunchables Safe to Eat? food safety questions were answered. Now we get to the real fun, those burning questions that make great discussion at family dinners. With no further ado, here are the answers to your most pressing…

The Butler’s Pantry Is Not a Scullery!

Contrasting a formal butler's pantry with a picture of a scullery working space for cleaning dishes.

What is the difference between a scullery and a butler’s pantry? The lines are getting blurred, one is posing as the other, misinformation is being thrown around. Let’s settle this now. A Butler’s pantry is a space located between the kitchen…

Too Pretty to Be a Scullery

Scullery at the Bush House in Salem, Oregon.

This dreamy picture was uploaded by Glen Bledsoe, a gifted photographer on the Flickr platform. Glen used his photograpy skills to capture this charming historic scullery in the western United States. I was so enthralled with the picture, that I did some…

Dreaming of a Butler’s Pantry?

Butlers pantry example with counter and door with opaque glass.

Are you dreaming about a butler’s pantry in your future home? Maybe you moved into a home that came with a butler’s pantry. Or maybe, to your surprise, you discovered that a storage room in your house really had a…

Shallow Pantry Ideas

Pantry with shallow shelves.

Many of us pantry lovers live in houses that fall short of perfect. Finding extra pantry space sometimes means pushing past our house or apartment limits. The neat thing about pantry space is that it can exist anywhere. A pantry…

No Pantry Solutions Photo Gallery

Woman with magnifying glass in her kitchen, trying to find more pantry space.

No pantry space is frustrating! It’s sort of a basic need, in my opinion. The no pantry space issue seems to plague small kitchens and apartments the most. The good news is that there are not only lots of spots…

Hidden Pantry Ideas

Slate blue kitchen cabinets with question marks where the hidden pantry.

A hidden pantry is made to blend in with the rest of the kitchen cabinets. If done well, guests will be shocked to see a whole closet hiding behind an innocent-looking cabinet door. It’s a good trick, but it does…

Pantry Nooks – Step in Work Space

Baking center in pantry nook second kitchen.

Let’s face it—open-concept kitchens are gorgeous, but they can also feel a little… exposed. Floating shelves are fun until you have a half-eaten bag of rice and no aesthetic way to store it. This is where pantry nooks swoop in…