Buying Guides

Finding the best lump charcoal brands in took me through more bags of black gold than I care to admit. Over the past three years, I have cooked on Kamado…

Few kitchen tools divide home cooks like the mandoline slicer. Some people swear by them for paper-thin potato gratin, razor-sharp cucumber ribbons, and perfectly even onion rings. Others buy one,…

After spending more than 90 days testing and comparing eight acoustic and acoustic-electric mandolins across every price range from $93 to $729, I can say with confidence that the best…

I have spent more weekends than I can count sitting on porch steps with a mandolin across my knee, chasing that punchy Bill Monroe chop and the quieter Dave Grisman…

If you’ve ever spent an hour hand-cutting card shapes only to find the angles aren’t quite right, you already understand why manual die cutters exist. After testing 8 of the…

I’ve been chasing the perfect martini for years, and the glass matters more than most people realize. After testing 12 of the top-selling martini glasses against everything from classic gin…