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Beyond the Cinnamon and Nutmeg: Why Pumpkin Belongs on the Dinner Table

For many food enthusiasts, the arrival of autumn immediately conjures images of heavily spiced pastries, sweet coffee syrups, and desserts dominated by cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. However, culinarily speaking, pumpkin…

The Best Food and Drink Advent Calendars for the 2026 Holiday Season

During the holiday season, the focus is often so heavily placed on shopping for family, friends, and colleagues that many people forget to spend enough time treating themselves. An advent…

Smitten Kitchen Celebrates 20 Years of Home Cooking with a Milestone Anniversary and a New Weeknight Staple

Twenty years after launching one of the internet’s most enduring and beloved food sites, culinary writer and home cook Deb Perelman is marking a major milestone. What began two decades…

How to Elevate the Classic Rice Krispies Treat With Just a Few Simple Tweaks

There are few culinary creations that evoke as much immediate, unadulterated nostalgia as a classic Rice Krispies treat. Across generations, the iconic combination of crispy toasted cereal and gooey, melted…

Smitten Kitchen Releases Its First Hot Dog Recipe—With a Twist on Toppings and Preparation

For home cooks familiar with the ambitious scratch-made kitchen projects of the popular food blog Smitten Kitchen, creating a hot dog recipe might sound like a return to culinary basics.…

From $60 Bread to AI Drones: The State of Modern Dining, Delivery, and Culture

Welcome to Open Tab, a weekly roundup of the news, gossip, and cultural stories that have lingered across our digital spaces all week long. Following our recent look into the…

Eater and Billboard Team Up to Launch ‘El Pre Party’ During Latin Music Week in Miami

Eater is stepping into an unprecedented collaboration with Billboard to launch “El Pre Party,” an exclusive culinary and musical kickoff event set to take place during the highly anticipated Billboard…

The Summer Heat Wave Essential: Why One Food Writer Argues for the Perfect, Uncompromising Formula for House Lemonade

As temperatures climb during the height of the summer season, the quest for the ultimate cooling refreshment inevitably returns to the forefront of domestic priorities. While offering a recipe for…

The Ultimate Summer Lifeline: Why Spaghetti Aglio e Olio Remains the Ultimate Exhausted Cook’s Secret Weapon

Do you ever look around the kitchen, assessing the remaining ingredients, the dwindling energy left for the cooking process—or perhaps, as one beleaguered cook recently explained to a medium-sized child…

After Testing 32 Toasters, Kitchen Testers Find a Winner for Every Shade of Toast Lover

Small appliances like toasters often seem like simple gadgets, especially when compared to complex, multi-use toaster ovens. However, for many consumers, oversized toaster ovens present a distinct spatial challenge. While…