Kitchen Essentials

Instant Pot popularized the “one appliance replaces seven” pitch years before Our Place did it for cookware. We tested whether the pressure cooker, slow cooker, and rice cooker…

These get compared constantly, but they’re not actually solving the same problem. One is built for speed, the other for hands-off, walk-away cooking. Here’s the real…

Mixing bowls seem like the most interchangeable item in a kitchen until you’re trying to microwave batter in a metal bowl or drop a heavy ceramic one on tile. Material matters…

A rice cooker is a genuine “worth it” purchase for anyone who eats rice more than once a week — but the gap between a $35 model and a $230 model is bigger than most people expect.…

An instant-read thermometer is the single biggest upgrade you can make to your cooking, and it costs less than a takeout dinner. No more cutting into chicken to check if it’s…

Setting up a first kitchen — new apartment, first home, post-college life — is where most people waste the most money. They buy a 21-piece knife block they’ll use 3 pieces of, a…