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Epicurious Gear, Tool, and Ingredient Recommendations

Our editors are constantly scouring the internet and testing to find the best versions of the kitchen tools you need: knives, coffee gear, pots and pans, and beyond. Find all of our gear and ingredient recommendations here. 

I’m the Product Reviews Editor Here, These Are the 15 Black Friday Deals Worth Shopping

You don’t have to go crazy trying to figure out which deals are the “good deals.” I did that for you.

The Best Food Advent Calendars: Tested and Reviewed

We tried a bunch of popular advent calendars so you know which ones are worth buying.

The Best Robot Vacuum for Cleaning Your Kitchen Messes (And Your Regular Messes, Too)

If it’s been a few years since you shopped for a robot vacuum, forget everything you think you know about these floor-cleaning robots.

The Best Cake Pans for Birthday Cakes, Wedding Cakes, and Cakes Every Day

Cake pans may seem like they’re all the same, but that isn’t even close to true.

The Best Cookbooks of 2023

We cooked and baked our way through this year’s new releases to find these favorites.

7 Reasons to Spring-Clean Your Kitchen Before Thanksgiving

Your future self will thank you. Especially if you’re hosting.

33 Gifts for Minimalists That Won’t End Up in the Donate Pile

This year, give something they can eat. Or burn.

The Best Automatic Soap Dispenser for Consistent, Easy Handwashing

Special shout out to my hand lotion, for helping me through this testing

The 2023 Kitchen MVPs

Here it is folks, the best kitchen equipment we’ve tested all year.

The Ooni Volt Can Do Something Other Electric Pizza Ovens Can't

Bring the heat of an outdoor pizza oven to your countertop.

All-Clad G5 Review: Heavy Duty Performance in a Super Lightweight Package

All-Clad’s graphite core changes what it means to be a “nice” stainless pan.

This Weird Looking Thing Is Actually an Easy-to-Use Knife Sharpener

The Horl 2 doesn’t work like any knife sharpener I’ve ever seen, so I had to see if it worked at all.

The Best Gifts for People Who Ask for Cleaning Supplies, And Actually Mean It

From dish scrubber stocking stuffers to robots that vacuum and mop.

24 Actually Useful Gifts for Exhausted Parents

As told by a very tired parent.

There's Never a Bad Time to Bake Yourself a Snack

With Yossy Arefi's newest cookbook, Snacking Bakes, a sweet treat is never out of reach. 

The 41 Best Gifts for Vegetarians

Cookbooks, condiments, and a secret weapon pair of scissors for your favorite meat-abstainers.

The Ultimate Le Creuset Gifting Guide 

Spoiler alert: don't buy a $20 cocotte. 

I Can’t Do Thanksgiving Without This Casserole Tote

Carry your casseroles, pies, and sides in style this holiday season.

21 Actually Cute Folding Tables

Here’s how to make space without cramping your style.

Cook Your Way Around the World With Condiments

In Preserved: Condiments, a supergroup of cookbook authors team up to turn the spotlight on supporting actors.

In This Maine Kitchen, the Stove Is Small, But the Flavors Are Big

In Erin French’s newest cookbook, she brings the outdoors into the home kitchen.

I Can’t Do Thanksgiving Without Extra Sheet Pans

Treat yourself to a fresh set of baking trays before the chaos of holiday cooking sets in.

57 Great Gifts for The Person Who Has Everything

Useful tools, food-shaped housewares, and space-saving glassware top our list of this year’s most unique gifts.

22 Eco-Friendly Gifts for a More Sustainable Kitchen

Our favorite paper towel alternatives, plastic bag replacements, reusable totes, and more.

47 Gifts for Gardeners That Are Actually Good

Put down that planter. You can do better. 

19 Gifts for Your Friend Who Thinks Everything Is Underseasoned

Mini hot sauce bottles, pocket-sized sea salt tins, and other gifts to help them savor the flavor wherever they go.

Welcome to Yewande Komolafe’s Bustling, Food-Filled Lagos

In a new cookbook, the writer explores the home cooking of the Nigerian diaspora.

Skip Culinary School and Start Here With Sohla El-Waylly

With El-Waylly’s new cookbook, you’ll learn how to wield a whisk just as well as a knife, and do so while having a boatload of fun.