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This Cutting Board Never Leaves My Kitchen Counter

There’s no shortage of high-quality, well-designed, and long-lasting wooden cutting boards on the market. While some have conducted in-depth, borderline scientific analyses attempting to identify which board reigns supreme, I’m less interested in findi…

Allow me to introduce the Andrew Pearce Handcrafted Cherry Wood Live-Edge Thick XL Cutting Board. The board of all boards, this beautiful wooden cutting surface is the star of my kitchen. It routinely garners compliments, both in real life and whenever it sneaks onto my Instagram story. While there are many reasons I’ll always use this board, for your convenience, I’ve highlighted the six most important, useful attributes below.

10 Fancy-ish Kitchen Upgrades That Are Actually Worth It

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As a recipe developer and cookbook author, I spend the majority of my time in the kitchen. Not only is it the place where I work, but it’s also the central hub of my house. It’s where friends congregate when they come over, it’s where we cook as a family, and, let’s be real, wherever the food is, that’s where I want to be. Needless to say I have a lot of opinions on all things kitchen-related. While I pride myself on being able to cook anywhere, there’s nothing quite like a well-equipped kitchen to make cooking—and gathering—a breeze.

Is the Next Great Cookware Color Already In Your Fridge?

Last week, Le Creuset unveiled “Shallot” as its newest cookware colorway to a room full of cameras, cooking enthusiasts, and some of my colleagues. A delicate shade of purple inspired by the allium’s interior, Shallot has garnered widespread praise and been viewed nearly 3 million times on Twitter. If Shallot’s success feels familiar, that’s because it is. Many recently released, beloved cookware colorways have also been inspired by food—a baking dish in sage green, an oyster-hued casserole dish, and a pie dish in a neutral tone called "Flour" are just a couple examples of the food-forward nomenclature. The link between household ingredients and successful cookware colors is undeniable, so it’s worth asking: Is the next great cookware color already in my fridge?

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4 Lighting & Hardware Combinations to Inspire Your Next Kitchen Refresh

This article originally appeared on Schoolhouse, a Portland-based company in the Food52 family of brands.

Lighting and hardware form the visual backbone of a space, often determining what areas are highlighted in the room. A thoughtfully placed pend…

This article originally appeared on Schoolhouse, a Portland-based company in the Food52 family of brands.

Lighting and hardware form the visual backbone of a space, often determining what areas are highlighted in the room. A thoughtfully placed pendant or beautiful cabinet pull can single-handedly set the tone even when idle. For a high-traffic area like the kitchen, the goal is to select pieces that will bring life to your home for years to come. With so many styles and types of lighting, picking the perfect pairing for your space can be challenging. Here are four of our favorite no-fail combos for kitchen inspiration—whether you're doing a full-on renovation or adding a few new flourishes to your space.

10 Ways to Make a Tiny Kitchen Work for You

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Look inside my small (and I mean really small) kitchen, and you might not instantl…

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Look inside my small (and I mean really small) kitchen, and you might not instantly guess that I love to cook. But I’ve never let a lack of space stop me from making any recipe, be it a homemade lasagna or an elaborate birthday cake. With careful planning, the right organization tools, and a few tips, a galley kitchen like mine can actually be the best kind of kitchen because everything you need is right at hand.

How to Create the Kitchen Counter Nook of Your Dreams

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The kitchen is a sacred space for avid home cooks, and within this spa…

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The kitchen is a sacred space for avid home cooks, and within this space, there’s rarely a spot that receives more careful consideration than the countertop nook. What precisely belongs in this nook—and what it should look like—varies depending on who you talk to. We know Ina Garten, for example, keeps a row of cookbooks, handy utensils, glass bowls, and a speaker on her marble countertop. For others, it might be the ideal space to keep their most-used ingredients (salt, olive oil, and the like) nearby for easy access. In any case, the kitchen nook reflects what’s important to each individual, like functionality, design, organization, or some combination of all three. “A person's countertop kitchen nook says much about them, even more so than their astrology chart,” says Dominique Evans, Food52’s Social Content Creator. “It shows what they use daily, giving you a little peek into their cooking style.” Whether you’re curating a kitchen nook from scratch or just giving yours a spring refresh, this is a great place to start.

How to Pick the Perfect Cabinet Hardware for Your Space

This article originally appeared on Schoolhouse, a Portland-based company in the Food52 family of brands.

From selecting lighting to picking paint, there are many major decisions involved in the process of making a house a home. With all these movin…

This article originally appeared on Schoolhouse, a Portland-based company in the Food52 family of brands.

From selecting lighting to picking paint, there are many major decisions involved in the process of making a house a home. With all these moving parts, it can be hard to remember that design is in the details, too. And hardware is a detail that can easily become an afterthought. But the right knob or pull can make a serious visual impact, elevating the room in a way that is easy and effortless-looking. And when you think about the countless times that cabinet hardware is used throughout everyday undertakings, it becomes clear that the value and joy that a well-made piece of hardware brings is well worth the investment.

How This 100-Year-Old Home Got a Colorful, Pattern-Filled Kitchen Renovation

This article originally appeared on Schoolhouse, a Portland-based company in the Food52 family of brands.

When it comes to interiors, there’s nothing quite as satisfying as a dramatic before and after. Recently, Schoolhouse friend (and Food52’s VP o…

This article originally appeared on Schoolhouse, a Portland-based company in the Food52 family of brands.

When it comes to interiors, there’s nothing quite as satisfying as a dramatic before and after. Recently, Schoolhouse friend (and Food52's VP of Creative), Elizabeth Spiridakis Olson, renovated her kitchen, and we couldn’t be more inspired by the transformation. By working smart and going with her creative instincts, Elizabeth leveraged the existing footprint of her 100-year-old home (yes, you read that right) to create a bright and beautiful landscape filled with pattern and color. Scroll below for some fun kitchen ideas and the inside scoop from Elizabeth on the laborious but oh-so-rewarding end result.

Meet the Designer Behind Dansk’s Most Iconic Pieces

Turn over the most iconic Dansk designs and you’ll see the initials J.H.Q. stamped on the bottom. They stand for Jens Harald Quistgaard, the Danish designer who crafted more than 4,000 pieces for the American company between its founding in 1954 and the early ‘80s. His Fjord flatware, teak ice buckets, Købenstyle pitchers, Flamestone dishes, Designs With Light candle holders, and more are in museums from the Met to the Louvre and fetch increasingly high prices. But the multi-hyphenate talent behind them has always been in the shadow of his Scandinavian contemporaries, such as Hans Wegner, in both his native country and the United States—that is, until the publication of Jens Quistgaard: The Sculpting Designer.

When I began building the Dansk archive in the spring of 2021, there weren’t many resources about Quistgaard that I could learn from, aside from a few Danish museum catalogs and a visit to his daughter, Henriette, who lives in their home in rural Denmark. Nor was there a reliable source for the exact dates of designs like Odin flatware and his famous pepper mills.

Ina Garten’s New Kitchen Renovation Is Just as Dreamy as We Imagined—Take a Peek

Anyone who has watched an episode of Barefoot Contessa is familiar with the bright and airy kitchen in Ina Garten’s beautiful East Hampton shingled barn where the show is filmed. On the other side of the property, though, is a lesser photographed (but …

Anyone who has watched an episode of Barefoot Contessa is familiar with the bright and airy kitchen in Ina Garten’s beautiful East Hampton shingled barn where the show is filmed. On the other side of the property, though, is a lesser photographed (but equally stunning) farmhouse-style house where the acclaimed cookbook author and TV personality has lived with her husband, Jeffrey, since the ‘90s. It is rare that fans get a peek inside the residence, but earlier this week, Garten blessed her Instagram followers with photos of her newly renovated kitchen, a project she took on during the pandemic.

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It has been over two decades since she did a kitchen refresh, and to say we love it would be an understatement. The entire aesthetic is just as elegant and inviting as her cooking, with warm neutrals, crisp whites, and cozy natural materials straight out of a Diane Keaton movie. Like Ina herself, it feels familiar and fabulous, yet not over the top.