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6 days ago | 
wsj.com | Aleksandra Crapanzano
A new wave of models make grand claims regarding their purifying prowess. But our tests revealed four clear winners when it came to flavor, functionality and sheer counter appeal. For many people, the thought of water filters triggers the tiresome realization that theirs needs to be replaced.
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1 month ago | 
wsj.com | Aleksandra Crapanzano
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1 month ago | 
wsj.com | Aleksandra Crapanzano
The variety and sheer quantity of options in the butter case today can be positively overwhelming. We tasted our way through them to come up with the following list of recommendations at a range of price points, suited to different uses. All are available nationally—some at supermarkets, others online or at your local cheesemonger.
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1 month ago | 
wsj.com | Aleksandra Crapanzano
Capes have an unmistakably dramatic flair. Think monarchs in white ermine fur capes and Mick Jagger swinging through 1960s London. Dracula’s black cape gave him cover while he slurped blood in the wee hours, while flying superheroes benefit from a cape’s aerodynamics. This season capes designed for the earthbound swished down countless runways. Are they transitional-weather darlings or just bunches of obnoxious, billowing fabric? We consider the pros, cons and “huhs?!”.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
wsj.com | Jane Black |Aleksandra Crapanzano |Matthew Kronsberg |Nina Molina
Cooks fuel the holiday season with feverish bouts of baking and epic meals. Now is the time to honor their efforts and the care they bring to them with gifts distinguished by impressive hand-craftsmanship or the high quality of their raw materials. A sprinkle of the purest salt hand-harvested from the fjords of Iceland. A ceramic pot thrown with Colombian river clay. A baking mix dreamed up by an artisan chocolatier in Maine.
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Jul 4, 2024 | 
airmail.news | Aleksandra Crapanzano
When most people think of German manufacturing, chances are, they picture engineers in white lab coats designing the latest Mercedes motor—not doctors, also in lab coats, brewing skin creams and face masks so sublime you want to eke them out, drop by precious drop. But Germany is suddenly, perplexingly, at the epicenter of the skin-care business, with Leipzig, Dusseldorf, and Munich now vying with Paris and Seoul as a hub of excellence.
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Jun 28, 2024 | 
wsj.com | Aleksandra Crapanzano
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Jun 5, 2024 | 
wsj.com | Aleksandra Crapanzano
Too often we fail to give iced tea the respect reserved for its hot cousin. We may splurge for the best loose-leaf British breakfast teas, Japanese sencha and French tisanes in winter, then, come warmer weather, opt for supermarket tea bags or those granules that look like something you might use to amend your garden soil. Consider, instead, this roundup of the best made-to-ice teas available now.
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May 2, 2024 | 
wsj.com | Aleksandra Crapanzano
ARE YOU suffering from salad fatigue? Chances are, your dressing needs a little novelty and perhaps a dash of finesse. The tried-and-true ratio is three parts oil to one part vinegar. You can simply shake them vigorously in a well-sealed jar with a pinch of salt. Copyright ©2024 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Mar 8, 2024 | 
wsj.com | Aleksandra Crapanzano
By / Photographs by F. Martin Ramin/The Wall Street Journal, Food Styling by Kim Ramin MAPLE SYRUP is very much a year-round essential in my kitchen. But there’s always a poetry in the thought that the sap boiled down to produce the syrup we love so much is tapped from maple trees in late winter, just when we most need its comforting sweetness. Maple syrup complements the hearty cold-weather dishes we still crave while sweetly signaling spring’s approach and its copious bounty.
