Austin Bakery Swedish Hill Opens in Westlake
A Clarksville bakery opens the first of its two planned Austin expansions this month courtesy of its parent company McGuire Moorman Lambert. Swedish Hill’s West Lake Hills bakery opened at 3663 Bee...
View ArticleBest Dishes Eater Editors Ate This Week: November 25
The editors at Eater LA dine out several times a week, if not per day, which means we’re always encountering standout dishes that deserve time in the limelight. Here’s the very best of everything the...
View ArticleThe Best Cups of Hot Chocolate in and Around Boston
Whether it’s below freezing, snowing, or just gray and sad outside, there’s nothing that turns those chilly winter blues around faster than a mug of hot chocolate. Fortunately, the Boston area has no...
View ArticleGoose Island’s Bourbon County Stout Finds New Stripes With Zebra Barrels
Black Friday means different things to different people. For some, it’s simply an extra day off work to eat Thanksgiving leftovers and relax; for others, it’s the shopping equivalent of the Super Bowl....
View ArticleThe Best Place to Buy Dishes Is at the Museum Gift Shop
There seem to be two styles of popular housewares that make their way around the internet. First there are the impeccably chic ceramics in all manner of beige, handmade and certainly impressive but...
View ArticleInstant Coffee Is Good Now, Actually
It was just a matter of time before the revolution came for instant coffee. The same craft roasters who changed how we brew at home are now producing instant coffees that, at their best, have some of...
View ArticleThe Best (Non-Boring) Aprons for Every Kind of Cook
As a passionate home cook but admittedly lazy person, aprons have always felt like an afterthought. Frying tofu? Simmering a red sauce? The best apron subs, it seemed, were just my “whatever” clothes;...
View ArticleEverything You Need to Fridgescape Like Nobody’s Watching
With its unboxing videos and detailed daily skincare routines, TikTok has taken us deep within the mundanities of everyday life, which recently included a deep interest is our fridges — as in, making...
View ArticleThe Best Gift You Can Buy Yourself Is Better Kitchen Supplies for Your Parents
When I was a kid, my mom bought her parents a beautiful espresso machine for Christmas, knowing how much they loved cappuccinos. She helped them set it up, showed them how to steam milk and pull...
View ArticleThe Best Hostess Gift Idea Is a Set of Serving Utensils
I don’t have enough spoons. The degree of the shortage truly hit home during the pandemic, when 100 percent of my family was suddenly eating three meals a day plus snacks at home, the vast majority of...
View ArticleThe Best White Elephant Gifts for Food-Lovers
Buying the best, most stealable White Elephant gift is an art form. Yes, you want to know your audience — but what if you don’t? The criteria for the perfect White Elephant (or Yankee Swap, or Dirty...
View ArticleThe Best Last-Minute Gift Is a Food Subscription
With all the chaos of the holiday season swirling, it’s not a surprise that you’re online right now trying to find a gift for someone in your life. There’s a lot going on this time of year, and a trip...
View ArticleThe Best Food Gifts Under $100 (That Aren’t Necessarily Food)
One of the trickier aspects of gift shopping is not only staying in-budget, but remaining truthful to the desires of your giftee. You also don’t have to spend one-third of your paycheck to sweep...
View ArticleThe Best Food Gifts Under $50 (That Aren’t Necessarily Food)
Holiday gifting has a sweet spot: where you’re not pinching pennies to fit within the White Elephant’s meager spending limit, but also not splurging so much that the shopping becomes stressful (i.e.,...
View ArticleThe Best Gifts for Wine Lovers, According to Sommeliers
My older brother knew everything about wine before me; I was 25 or so before I’d done much more than sneaking a cheeky pull from Mom’s refrigerator chardonnay. But when I started to get into wine as an...
View ArticleTable Centerpiece Must-Haves for Every Holiday Vibe
Putting together a tablescape can teach you a lot about yourself: how you define your personal aesthetic, how much you’re willing to spend on candle holders, the relative importance of napkin rings to...
View ArticleThe Best Food Gifts Under $25 (That Aren’t Necessarily Food)
I find gift giving extremely stressful because I am constantly overthinking it. I want to find things that my friends and family will cherish forever, that they realize they’ve needed all along, that...
View ArticleThe Whimsical Food Advent Calendars You’d Better Snag Now.
Sure, it’s only October, but if you want a really great advent calendar, you better buy it right now. The most popular sell out quickly, and waiting too long will leave you stuck with a lackluster...
View ArticleThomas Keller Is Suddenly Shutting Down His Mexican Restaurant
La Calenda, chef Thomas Keller’s restaurant dedicated to Mexican cuisine, is closing after six years. In a surprise Instagram announcement on Sunday, November 26, Keller stated that the restaurant...
View ArticleKnown for Michelin Stars, This Restaurant Team Loosens Up in Its Sequel
As I write this, I want to go back to SEA, Jungsik Yim’s follow-up to his two Michelin-starrednamesake: The food is incredibly satisfying and if you’re looking for a loosened-up spot with a fine dining...
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