It’s also pretty good looking as countertop appliances go, a bar that Breville’s products tend to clear easily. The “dark noir” brushed steel is handsome, the controls intuitive, and the ceramic-coated top is clean and will likely stay that way over time, more so than a traditional stainless top. Over the summer, I brought the
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Nights are feeling crisp, it’s getting darker earlier, and kids are back at school—for most people, vacation meals and casual picnics are over, and it’s time to get back to business with meal and menu prep. If you’re dusting off your pots, pans, and air fryers and thinking you could use an upgrade, Labor Day
It may finally be safe to eat lettuce again after June’s horrifying—and bagged-salad-trust-destroying—cyclospora outbreak. But the summer of ’26’s foodborne illness train rolls on with a new rash of recalls: for salmonella. The FDA has reported multi-state salmonella bacteria outbreaks tied to jalapeños, granola, dog food, alfalfa sprouts (also featuring E. coli), and something most
At a lower cost, each of Raj’s delivery meals consistently tastes better than the (admittedly not great) Punjabi restaurant down the street from me—less sugary, more rich, with saffron-tinged basmati and chicken that remains juicy and plump, not overcooked. Raj’s Indian gravies offer the most compelling argument for me to order CookUnity, in a city
The plastic-free machine rocketed Simply Good into sudden prominence—and indeed, it’s sold out its production runs more than once since its release last year, riding a wave of interest in plastic-free drip coffee makers. The design is similar to Simply Good’s previous model, but with plastic parts removed from the equation. The frame is made
