Cooking

Mixing bowls are one of those kitchen items you don’t think about until you’re holding a too-small bowl with one hand while ingredients drip off the counter. The right set makes cooking easier. Big enough to toss a salad without launching leaves across the kitchen. Heavy enough that it doesn’t spin when you whisk. Stable enough that it doesn’t tip over. We tested 7 mixing bowl sets, from cheap sets to premium stainless steel, glass nesting sets, and ceramic mixing bowls. We looked at weight, stability, ease of cleaning, nesting efficiency, and how well each set holds up to daily use. ...

I used to measure flour by volume until I made three different batches of bread dough in one afternoon and got three different textures. Same recipe, same scoop, wildly different results. That’s when I bought a kitchen scale and found out my “cup” of flour varied by as much as 30 grams depending on how I scooped. A good digital kitchen scale fixes that. It’s also the gadget I reach for more than anything else — for coffee brewing, portion control, and following recipes that come from countries where they don’t measure in cups. We tested 7 digital kitchen scales in 2025 across different price points and use cases, from $15 basics to precision lab-grade models. ...

Pull a steak off the grill too early and you’re eating cold, sad meat. Leave a chicken in the oven five minutes too long and you’re eating dry, sad chicken. The line between perfect and ruined is a matter of degrees, and humans are terrible at guessing internal temperature by sight. A good meat thermometer eliminates the guesswork. We tested six digital meat thermometers — instant-read, probe-style with leave-in cables, and Bluetooth/WiFi-connected smart models — to find which ones give reliable readings and which ones waste your time. ...

A food processor turns the prep work you’ve been doing by hand into something that takes seconds. Salsa, coleslaw, pie dough — all faster than finding your chef’s knife. If a blender handles liquids and a stand mixer handles batters, the food processor owns everything in between: chopping, slicing, shredding, pureeing, and kneading dough. The catch is that the wrong size makes the thing useless. A 4-cup mini chopper won’t handle pizza dough. A 14-cup full-size machine is a lot of counter space for dicing one onion. And the blade assembly matters more than the wattage on the box. We tested 6 of the best food processors in 2025 across the size and price spectrum. ...