Living in a small apartment in NYC (or anywhere for that matter) means constantly figuring out where to put your belongings without making your space feel cluttered. In my living room, I needed something that could hold a lot but still look good, and after having a hard time deciding between a few, I landed...
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We Sniffed Out The Best Restaurant Soaps & Candles
For the most part, hand soap gets the job done—nothing more, nothing less. Rarely does it stop you in your tracks, so when it does, it lingers on your skin and in your mind. Over the years, I’ve kept a running list of the best soaps, candles, and diffusers I’ve encountered at restaurants, scribbled down...
NYC’s Best Chocolate Chip Cookie? It’s From a Hip Pretzel Bakery
As a part of Snack Shop series, Annie Arriaga investigates the latest and greatest viral snack shops in New York City to see if the hype is real, if the snacks are yummy, and if the spot is underrated, overrated, or perfectly rated. There are a million (a slight exaggeration) bakeries in the city, and...
Exactly How Often You Should Be Sharpening Your Knives
Welcome to Hotline Rewind, the weekly series where we gather up your questions from the week (and pepper in some from the Hotline archives) about a specific culinary topic. Let’s cut to it: Today we’re talking about knives. Being confident at the cutting board can shave hours off your weekly meal prepping, so we answered...
I Tried The New Brooklyn Restaurant For Swedish Meatballs (And It’s Not IKEA)
As Food52’s resident Swede, the minute I heard about Hildur, a new Scandinavian-French restaurant in Dumbo, I made a reservation—no surprise there. I brought two friends, both of whom have been to Sweden with me and appreciate good Scandinavian food as much as I do. The minute we walked in, I felt a little bit...