Food Buying Guides & Gift Ideas

Stock your pantry, set up your kitchen, or give a gift a cook will love! We love talking about the ingredients, kitchen tools, and equipment that make life in the kitchen a bit more fun.
Best Ingredients 
best flour collection
What We Cook With: Our Favorite Brands of Flour
best chocolate cocoa brands
What We Cook With: Our Favorite Cocoa, Baking Chocolate, and Chocolate Chips
Butter varieties on marble counter
What We Cook With: Our Favorite Brands of Butter
Best Kitchen Items 
Silpat baking mat
One Simply Terrific Thing: Silpat, the Original Silicone Baking Mat
OXO metal bench scraper
One Simply Terrific Thing: OXO's Metal Bench Scraper
under cabinet kitchen lighting with green smeg water kettle
One Simply Terrific Thing: Under-Cabinet Kitchen Lighting
Equipment Guides 
pepperoni pizza on pizza stone
How to Use and Clean a Pizza Stone
Philips air fryer
How to Use an Air Fryer: A First-Timer's Guide
Guide to the Instant Pot - How to insert the inner pot
How to Use an Instant Pot: A First-Timer's Guide
More Food Buying Guides & Gift Ideas
Pantry Power our favorite olive oil
Our Favorite Everyday Olive Oil
Best boxed chicken broth
Our Favorite Boxed Chicken Broth
Our Favorite Jarred Tomato Sauce
Our Favorite Natural Creamy Peanut Butter
Pantry Power best gluten-free pasta
Our Favorite Gluten-Free Pasta
Pinot Noir and a drawing of a plated salmon.
The Best Wine to Pair with Salmon
Pie Crust Reviews
Review of the Best (and Worst) Store-Bought Pie Crusts
Sugar in the raw in a prep bowl with a teaspoon behind it.
One Simply Terrific Thing: Turbinado Sugar (Sugar in the Raw)
A jar of Harissa paste on a counter.
One Simply Terrific Thing: New York Shuk's Signature Harissa
One Simply Terrific Thing: Sir Kensington's Classic Vegan Mayo
How to use sea salt flakes? Flaky sea salt shown in a small jar with some flakes on a counter.
One Simply Terrific Thing: Maldon Sea Salt Flakes
various bottles of tequila
What Tequila Should You Buy?
Non-alcoholic spirits lined up on a table.
The Best Non-Alcoholic Spirits for Building a Sober Bar
A glass of beer with a variety of non-alcoholic cans of beer behind it.
5 Flavorful Non-Alcoholic Beers
Non-alcoholic wines lined up on a table.
5 Favorite Non-Alcoholic Wines
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5 Reasons Strawberries Are Our Morning Go-To
How to solve hard brown sugar by using a brown sugar keeper. The lid is open and it is filled with brown sugar.
One Simply Terrific Thing: A Container That Keeps Brown Sugar Soft!
One Simply Terrific Thing: This Affordable Bamboo Cookbook Stand
Dreamfarm Supoon scraper spoon
One Simply Terrific Thing: The Supoon Scraping Spoon
Why This $80 Cuisinart Ice Cream Maker Is the Best Ice Cream Maker for Families
epicurean cutting board
One Simply Terrific Thing: Epicurean Cutting Boards
One Simply Terrific Thing: The Kuhn Rikon Vegetable Peeler
duralex picardie glasses
One Simply Terrific Thing: Duralex Picardie Glasses
Chef'n citrus juicer
One Simply Terrific Thing: The Chef'n Citrus Juicer
budget chef's knife
One Simply Terrific Thing: The Victorinox 8-Inch Chef's Knife
Escali kitchen food scale
One Simply Terrific Thing: Escali Kitchen Food Scale
One Simply Terrific Thing: The Norpro Nut Chopper
One Simply Terrific Thing: Quarter Sheet Pans
One Simply Terrific Thing: The Chef'n DishGarden Dish Rack
One Simply Terrific Thing: Precut Parchment Paper
The best garlic press set on wooden slats.
One Simply Terrific Thing: OXO’s Garlic Press
What is a fat separator? Side view of the OXO fat separator.
One Simply Terrific Thing: OXO's Fat Separator
One Simply Terrific Thing: The Sweese Butter Dish
One Simply Terrific Thing: Weck Juice Jars
Essential Tools
One Simply Terrific Thing: Winco's Fish Spatula
oven mitts
One Simply Terrific Thing: Homwe Silicone Oven Mitts
Kei & Molly Textiles
One Simply Terrific Thing: Flour Sack Towels from Kei & Molly Textiles
Oxo metal cake tester
One Simply Terrific Thing: A Metal Cake Tester (But Not For Cakes!)
jars to store spices
One Simply Terrific Thing: A Great Way to Store Spices