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Ginger-Ponzu Salmon Poke
Kiki Aranita's Ginger-Ponzu Salmon Poke recipe is perfect for serving with fried wonton skin chips or piled over rice. → Read More
Butter Mochi
This Butter Mochi recipe from Kiki Aranita creates a sweet, nutty, buttery, and slightly gooey dessert. It's the perfect treat to bring to a potluck. → Read More
The Best Stainless Steel Cookware Sets for Your Kitchen
We researched and tested the 28 best stainless steel cookware sets on the market, narrowing down our list to six top-rated sets based on factors like searing, food sticking to the pan, easy cleaning, and durability. → Read More
The Best Oven Mitts, According to Experts
We researched and reviewed the best oven mitts according to interviews with chefs, bakers, and grill masters. → Read More
The Fine Art of Leaving a Tasting Menu Early, According to a Chef
Sometimes, whether inexplicably or due to a confluence of circumstances that are just too much — too much food, too much wine, too much pressure and too much time — you just gotta go. Here are the rules for dealing with a tasting menu gracefully. → Read More
The Best Ceramic Dinnerware for Every Taste and Table
We researched and reviewed the best ceramic dinnerware based on factors like durability, style, cleaning, and value. → Read More
The 14 Best Flatware Sets, According to Experts
Accessorize your tabletop with the best flatware sets according to stylish hosts, from chefs to designers and architects. These are the best silverware, gold flatware, and everyday knives and fork sets to have at home. → Read More
The Fine Art of Asking a Chef to Donate to Your Event or Fundraiser
Chefs and restaurants are constantly asked to donate free food and time to events and fundraisers. They're happy to help worthy causes, but most of them are struggling, too. Here's what to know before you ask a chef to donate time, food, and resources. → Read More
The Fine Art of a First Date at a Bar or Restaurant
We've all read the rules about what to eat and order on a first date, but what's more important is how you act at that first date at a bar or restaurant. Here's our guide to splitting the bill, picking the restaurant, sharing food, and setting yourself up for success (or a quick escape) on a first dates at a restaurant or bar. → Read More
The Best Refrigerators for Your Kitchen at Home
A great refrigerator will serve as the hub of both your kitchen and your home itself. We've rounded up the best refrigerators for storage capacity, WiFi connectivity, budget and customization. → Read More
The Fine Art of Splitting the Check
Hospitality pros share their best advice for splitting the check at a restaurant. Also, please don't steal their pens. → Read More
Snack Like a Chef
Some culinary pros snack thoughtfully in order to learn, and others get deliciously weird. Chefs share the snacks that make their taste buds sing, and maybe even remind them of home. → Read More
Butter Mochi Will Help You Win Every Potluck
Butter mochi is purely an invention of the islands and it is borne from the multicultural roots of Hawaii's first potlucks and the mystical union of rice flour, butter, coconut milk, and sugar. → Read More
How to Integrate High-End Design into Your Kitchen
You don't have to go for a complete overhaul, but a few key elements can transform your current kitchen into a space that fits you like a glove. Experts share advice for design-friendly easy updates to upgrade your living space. → Read More
Secrets of a Professional Palate
Salt, fat, acid, sweetness. When these elements exist in harmony, it is magic. But to tear them apart, to pinpoint perfection, who can do that? Chefs can, and where's what they can teach us. → Read More
How It Feels to Close Your Restaurant for Good
An essay from Kiki Aranita, chef-owner of Poi Dog in Philadelphia, details the wrenching experience of closing her restaurant business. → Read More