This tool can be used to do a variety of things, from smashing avocados for guacamole to grinding spices to making pesto. Here, a chef on why you need one. Our editors independently select these ...

Cooking can be a grind — and I mean that in the best possible way. I have a soft spot for bashing my food around with a mortar and pestle. Whether I’m grinding spices, mashing up guac or pounding a ...

The mortar and pestle is not a romantic tool. It might be a relic of culinary oldways, but the best reasons for using one today are practical at their core, and it all comes around to taste. Machines ...

ST. LOUIS — Fennel Cooking Studio is a teaching kitchen and community space offering cooking classes, dinner parties, private events, and more, all with the goal of getting folks excited about food.

When my palate is needy, there's a pesto I love to make: a rough-textured, smoky-tasting blend of toasted pumpkin seed, garlic, olive oil and cayenne pepper. It's drier than traditional herb pestos, ...