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The Compact Mini Food Processor You’ll Actually Use Every Day Large food processors are useful, but they are also heavy, bulky and often more trouble than they are worth when dinner requires only half an onion and a handful of parsley or a few ounces of grated parmesan. The KitchenAid 3.5-Cup Food Chopper succeeds precisely because it is designed for these smaller, everyday jobs. Compact enough to remain on the counter—and light enough to retrieve without fuss—it quickly chop

Clafoutis is a wonderfully uncomplicated French desserts that looks far more sophisticated than it is and is quite easy to make. Pronounced kla-foo-TEE, it originated in rural south-central France. The traditional version—clafoutis aux cerises—is made by arranging fresh black cherries in a buttered baking dish, pouring over a thin batter of eggs, milk, flour and sugar, and baking until puffed, golden and just set. The fruit softens and releases its juices as the batter develo

Summer may be winding down, but there is still time for one more tall, cool thirst quentcher. Food & Wine has gathered its readers’ 20 most-saved tropical cocktail recipes—a spirited collection that ranges from familiar poolside classics to more ambitious tiki-bar creations. The essential drinks are all here: the original 1944 Mai Tai, Piña Colada, Planter’s Punch, Blue Hawaii and the wonderfully named Painkiller. The list becomes more interesting as it ventures further afiel

The All-Clad D3 12-inch sauté pan is the MVP of our kitchen. This is the pan we reach for when we want beautifully browned chicken, crispy-skin fish, a quick pan sauce, or pasta finished in the skillet – which is to say that we use it a lot. It is especially good for searing. Preheat it, add a little oil, and chicken develops the sort of deep brown crust that is impossible to achieve with nonstick cookware. Once you remove the food, the browned bits left behind are exactly wh

Kitchen Utensils designed in France for the pleasure of eating well Few kitchen pieces are more essential than polished copper cookware. Just ask the French. They will draw your attention to Mauviel, makers of pots and pans that, while they are stunning to behold, offer considerably more than good looks. Made in France, the collection combines a substantial two-millimeter copper exterior with a nonreactive 18/10 stainless-steel interior. Copper heats quickly, spreads heat eve

The Gozney Arc XL Brings Pizzeria Firepower Home Introducing the Gozney Arc XL—a sleek, exceptionally well-engineered outdoor oven that comes remarkably close to delivering the performance of a professional pizzeria. Designed to accommodate pizzas up to 16 inches, the Arc XL reaches temperatures of 950°F and can turn out a beautifully blistered, restaurant-style pizza in about 60 seconds. Its signature lateral gas burner creates a rolling flame across the oven’s ceiling, dist

Alvar Aalto’s Stool 60 is as useful as it is iconic. The genius of the piece is its almost disarming simplicity: three bent birch legs, a round seat, and a form so clean it seems inevitable. Designed by Finnish architect Alvar Aalto in 1933, the Stool 60 is one of the masterworks of modern Scandinavian design — practical, humane, stackable, and quietly beautiful. Made in Finland by Artek, the Stool 60 has birch legs and a lacquered seat. It works almost anywhere — as a side

You can spend a lot of money on a bottle of balsamic vinegar, and we have. Once a while, when we have some juicy vine-ripened tomatoes grown by a friend in her backyard, a drizzle of rich, knock-your-socks-off balsamic (plus a few grains of maldon salt) is worth the splurge. But for every day cooking, we prefer a reasonably priced bottle. I did not say cheap. I am talking about a good quality balsamic that satisfies our everyday needs, something dense, sweet, silky, well

Some of the year's most intriguing art exhibitions are taking place far beyond the walls of traditional museums. As reported in the Financial Times, historic houses, private villas and architectural landmarks are becoming unexpected showcases for contemporary art. Here are five standouts from the FT’s list of “11 art shows off the beaten track.” Cai Guo-Qiang, Heaven Complex No. 1 and 2 at Claydon House Melting Beauty — Antiparos, Greece, July 30–August 31, 2026 Geneva’s L’Ap