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A prototypical toast rack is a metal tray, roughly the size of a small terrier, with a series of upright metal archways or coils for holding slices of warm toast. Most have a handle for easy transport from the kitchen to the table. The earliest known toast racks are ornate sterling silver specimens of aristocratic serveware, and they’ve been around—mostly in Britain and the nations it colonized—since the late 18th century.
Brits have long loved and still love toast racks. They sing their praises…
8 months ago
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Labor Day sales have passed, but Amazon Prime Day discounts will soon return to our computer screens for the second time—bringing with it the best Prime Day Deals under $25.
Now sure, most will say that the best Amazon Prime Day sales are the Prime Day tech deals and beauty deals—the chance to snag a coveted iPhone or iPad, a new pair of Apple Airpod earbuds, or a fancy Samsung Frame T.V. at a major discount, or to restock on your favorite Laneige lip balm or skincare products. But of course we’…
7 months ago
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In a 1985 issue of The New York Times, writer Marian Burros assessed the state of paper products in the kitchen for her De Gustibus column. Parchment paper, a tool once reserved for “more advanced cooks or those who gave elegant dinner parties” had become readily available in “the kitchen equipment section of most department stores.” As its availability skyrocketed, its uses blossomed beyond the occasional papillote. “It is no longer used just to cook food in paper,” she wrote. “The directions r…
7 months ago
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Milk frothers are a niche product; there’s a pretty small list of tasks they can help you complete. The best milk frother for many people may actually be no milk frother at all. If you’re like, “Yeah, I agree with that! I like my morning coffee from my $20 coffee maker,” first, how did you get here? Second, this article is not for you.
But even though they have a narrow set of functions, they perform those functions very well. Milk frothers are what you need for coffee drinks like lattes, cappuc…
7 months ago
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If you haven’t yet stepped foot into the wonderful world of air frying, now’s the time: Some of the best Prime Day air fryer deals are happening right now (yes, you read that right—there’s a second Prime Day this year, technically called Big Deal Days). That means you’ve got a second chance to take that leap at a steep discount. Both basket-style air fryers and oven-style air fryers are on sale. Both have their place—basket style fryers have a more compact footprint that’s small-kitchen-friendly…
7 months ago
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It may seem like there’s no such thing as a list of truly eco-friendly gifts—between the wrapping paper, the packaging materials, and carbon footprint of shipping presents across the country, it can seem like minimizing waste and participating in holiday gift exchanges are completely antithetical to one another.
However, there are some ways to make the holiday season more earth-friendly. For this guide, we chose to feature gift ideas that set yourself or your loved ones up with tools that will m…
6 months ago
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If you’ve been in the market for a rice cooker but don’t want to pay full price, finding the best Black Friday rice cooker deals should be at the top of your shopping priorities this holiday season. While we’re still a couple weeks away from the Black Friday/Cyber Monday rush, deals are already popping up around the internet, and we’re keeping track of them as they come.
A rice cooker is a useful and convenient kitchen appliance for any person who eats rice at least once a week. Cooking rice on…
6 months ago
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There’s no shame in having a cluttered refrigerator. Cooking, more than some people realize, is a collector’s hobby, and hoarding unique sources of flavor is entirely normal behavior for an enthusiastic chef. And while a fridge full of fermented pastes, pickled things, one-of-a-kind condiments, and dependable stock bases might be an eyesore, it’s worth having the variety on hand. As the cultivator of that sort of bursting fridge I will say that maintaining equilibrium between the fresh ingredien…
6 months ago
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Thanksgiving might still be a few days away, but Black Friday cookware deals are online in force. While the days of lining up outside big-box stores in the early hours of the morning or stampeding into the mall are mostly behind us, the digital deal-scape can be equally cutthroat. This is why we’re doing what we can to prepare you for the forthcoming Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping frenzy.
Jump to the deals
This is probably the best time of the year to replace old, worn-out pots and pans,…
6 months ago
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Riffs are a controversial subject on Thanksgiving. Some prefer the annual eating of the world’s frumpiest bird to be a consistent reprisal of favorite sides and iconic pies. Others, fatigued by the repetitiveness of the meal, look forward to introducing something new, or at the very least, slightly different to the menu. Safeguarding tradition might seem like the appropriate thing to do, but I feel it’s time to abandon the Norman Rockwell ideal and accept that the riffs belong at the Thanksgivin…
5 months ago
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Whoever came up with food advent calendars had a masterful understanding of what appeals to the human mind. You could fill an advent calendar with say, plastic garbage from the street, and so long as the little compartments were satisfying to tear open it would still be a somewhat thrilling activity. I know this is true because I’ve had fun with plenty of advent calendars filled with dusty chocolate and generic stale candy. But the best food advent calendars are the ones that nail both presentat…
5 months ago
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Black Friday has come and gone, and it’s officially Cyber Monday now—which means today is the day to take advantage of all the best Cyber Monday kitchen deals. We’re talking some of the lowest prices we’ve seen all year on everything from shiny new cookware sets or holiday hosting essentials to game-changing kitchen appliances.
We know online shopping can get overwhelming with so many products to scroll through across multiple retailers, but don’t worry—that’s what we’re here for. Just like we b…
5 months ago
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If you’ve been in the market for a rice cooker but don’t want to pay full price, finding the best Cyber Monday rice cooker deals should be at the top of your shopping priorities this holiday season. With the Black Friday deals over and done with and Cyber Monday here in full force, today could be your last day to shop some of the biggest discounts of the year. Unsure where to start? Don’t worry—we’re here to help you figure out which model is the best option for your budget and rice cooking need…
5 months ago
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A whole gift guide dedicated to French gifts? At Bon Appétit? Mon Dieu! C’est…comment dit-on “a bit on the nose,” non?
Maybe so, but you can’t deny that French cuisine has long had an outsized influence on food culture, and fine dining in particular, all around the world. The nation of fine wine, exquisite pastries, and going on strike has remained the number one global tourist destination for nearly three decades, drawing roughly 89 million visitors in 2023 alone.
If you’re shopping for a gourm…
5 months ago
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This isn’t a typical luxury gift guide. On a fundamental level, I believe that cookware is supposed to be practical, and I don’t really think there’s anything that practical about diamond-encrusted salt and pepper shakers or a Dolce & Gabbana refrigerator. While those products exist, they aren’t good examples of what truly high-end kitchen equipment looks like. What do I mean when I say truly high-end? I’m talking about things that are expensive because of what they do rather than how they look.…
5 months ago
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White elephant gifts tend to be an afterthought—this is the one gift exchange that provides an excuse to slack off, and people really do. At best, white elephant participants carelessly wade into the swamp of intentionally funny gag gifts and wacky doodads that the internet sells in abundance, opting for things like silly socks, pickle-shaped bandages, cutesy fridge magnets, or other gimmicks that aren’t actually that funny. At worst, white elephant gift givers use the event as an opportunity of…
5 months ago
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In the United States, even the best electric kettles are much less popular than they are in English, Australian, and other kitchens of the world, where they’re considered an essential appliance for daily tea and everyday hot water needs. Evidently the reason for this is the lower voltage of American electrical outlets, which slows down the speed at which water comes to boil. (It must also be said that Americans have more of an affinity for blinged-out, huge rangetops, which make stovetop kettles…
3 months ago
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The best carbon-steel pan will offer you all the convenience and ease of a nonstick skillet and then some. Properly seasoned carbon-steel cookware is just as nonstick as ceramic or PTFE-based nonstick cookware, and unlike those types of pans, carbon-steel cookware will actually get better the more you use it. Carbon steel is tough and durable, it can withstand high heat, and there’s no need to worry about scratching its cooking surface. This is why we generally suggest opting for carbon-steel, c…
3 months ago
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Many might say that the best cast-iron skillet is the one they got from Grandma. However, we aren’t all so lucky to inherit an extremely well-seasoned, smooth-as-glass pan that let’s you just slide eggs around. Sure, a cast-iron skillet is a fundamentally straight-forward pan, but the recent proliferation of new, bespoke cast-iron brands like Smithey, Butter Pat, and Field have called into question the inexpensive and long popular offerings of Lodge and Victoria.
The best cast iron skillets
Cast…
about 2 months ago
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When it comes to the best electric kettles, I’ve got to clear one thing up. Electric kettles are a thing in the United States. While they certainly aren’t as ubiquitous here as they are abroad (in the UK, kettle usage is so significant that their power grid has to anticipate when people use them en masse), Americans do own them and I think more should. I mention this to head off the eye rolls suffered by some other publications who failed to make this point. Let it be known that we here at Bon A…
about 2 months ago
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A stockpot doesn’t really have the cachet of a hand-forged, American-made cast-iron skillet, and it doesn’t make the visual statement of an enameled Dutch oven. But it is useful, and sooner or later, you’re going to need one. Maybe you’re throwing a dinner party and need to boil water for two pounds of pasta. Maybe you’ve vowed to finally turn those chicken bones into stock. Maybe you’ve been tasked with making the mashed potatoes for 20 at Friendsgiving. Maybe you run a Victorian workhouse and…
22 days ago
