A mortar and pestle is a tried-and-true kitchen tool that’s been around for centuries—and it’s still as useful as ever today. If you’re not familiar, mortar refers to the sturdy bowl where you place ...

Most avid home cooks have their favorite time-saving gadgets and more often than not, one of them is a food processor. Somehow, I got my first food processor only a few years ago – after an entire ...

Flavored simply with garlic, this velvety smooth aïoli is a delicious labor of love that will whisk you away to the south of France. In a large, sturdy mortar (preferably marble with a wooden pestle), ...

There are a lot of fancy kitchen toys out there—some of which are more useful than others—but there are some things that can’t be improved upon even with the latest technology. The mortar and pestle ...

Ashok Selvam is the former James Beard Award-winning regional editor for Eater’s Midwest region, in charge of coverage in Chicago, Detroit, and the Twin Cities. He’s a native Chicagoan and had been ...

Which granite mortar and pestles are best? Fresh pesto from the garden, a simmering three-day molé, a chunky guacamole: what do these have in common? They can all be made better by using a granite ...

Whether it's an uncommon kitchen gadget or a dependable culinary favorite, utensils cover a wide range of purposes. And while this era's electronically-guided tools have brought new techniques, ...