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3 weeks ago | 
eater.com | Hilary Pollack |Rebecca Roland |Ellie Krupnick
Eater Staff Welcome to the first installment of Eater’s monthly shopping roundtable, in which our editors clink cocktail glasses and dish over the best new fancy snacks, countertop appliances, gadgets, and kitchen decor items that have been improving our lives. (For your immediate consideration: the butter guillotine in this butter yellow shopping guide.) Eater staffers spend a lot of time in the kitchen, and arguably even more time coming up with ways to make that time run smoothly.
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1 month ago | 
eater.com | Hilary Pollack
Italian appliance brand Smeg makes the kind of toasters, blenders, and other countertop wonders that immediately catch one’s eye, with their sleek, retro-modern design, saturated colors, and prominent lettering.
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1 month ago | 
eater.com | Hilary Pollack
I love soft serve. When I lived in Brooklyn, I chose my primary care physician primarily because her office was next to a location of pay-by-weight soft-serve chain 16 Handles. When I moved from New York to Los Angeles, before committing to my apartment, I confirmed that it would be within a 10-minute drive of Magpies. Every Wednesday, my sister and I exchange text messages with a brief appraisal of Magpies flavors — is roasted strawberry intriguing, or not blowing us away?
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1 month ago | 
eater.com | Hilary Pollack
Regrets, I’ve had a few — but then again, too few to mention namely, both of the times I cut off a significant portion of my left index finger, while slicing spaghetti squash and the stems off of a bouquet of flowers, respectively. The first of these unfortunate incidents took place over a decade ago, and the latter just a few months back.
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2 months ago | 
eater.com | Hilary Pollack
Eater Staff Ah, the Valentine’s Day procrastinator. We know your plight all too well, and have been in your shoes many times over. It happens. But if you’re still on the hunt for a last-minute V-Day present that doesn’t feel last-minute, rest assured that some of the best gifts for food-obsessed folks can be found in the form of delivered-to-your-door coconut cakes or a Prime shipping-expedited jar of cult-fave chile crisp.
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2 months ago | 
eater.com | Hilary Pollack
Is there a greater love language than food? You could buy my heart with Ina Garten’s coconut cake, some king crab legs, or a heaping tower of chocolate-covered honeycomb. But there are also plenty of food-related gifts — a farfalle-shaped candle! A rhinestone chocolate chip cookie necklace! — that would make a food- or drink-obsessed person really happy this Valentine’s Day. It’s easy to please a food-lover on such a famously indulgent holiday.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
vegnews.com | Hilary Pollack |Sarah Bond |Lauren Toyota |Jackie Sobon
VegNewsRecipesTaste TestsThe old stereotype about vegans only eating lettuce and tofu is far from accurate, but hey, most of us do love a good salad. The satisfying crunch of lettuce and veggies is refreshing and wholesome, but to bring your salad from drab to fab (yes, this expression may have been lifted from reality television makeover shows) it will need an extra punch of flavor, texture, and overall oomph. Jump to the recipesShould you eat salad in winter?
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
gq.com | Hilary Pollack
Way back when I was in middle school (and unfortunately, this truly was way back), we youths, hypnotized by Clean & Clear commercials, were convinced that charring our skin with all kinds of noxious chemicals was the route to a clear, blemish-free visage.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
gq.com | Hilary Pollack
Depending on how you look at it, I either jumped on the “tennis is actually cool” bandwagon extremely early (taking tennis lessons when I was in middle school) or embarrassingly late (only picking the racket back up circa the release of Challengers). By now, you've likely noticed that tennis is no longer just “back”—it's straight-up the cool sport du jour.
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Jun 21, 2024 | 
pitchfork.com | Hilary Pollack
Zsela’s music is rooted in intimacy, a term that both describes a profound closeness and serves as a euphemism for, well, fucking. In the case of the Brooklyn-based artist’s debut full-length, Big for You, her portrayal of intimacy is firmly the former. That isn’t to say the album isn’t sexy, but that her music retains the tenderness of a blossoming crush and the feelings that swell when you realize you’re witnessing parts of someone that typically remain unseen.
