Phoebe Sklansky

1 month ago | foodandwine.com | Phoebe Sklansky

Photo: Food & Wine / Getty Images Growing up, my mom would receive new dish towels every Christmas. Naive as I was, I’d tease her for getting excited about the gift. Who gets excited about dish towels? You can imagine her smug grin when, many Christmases later, she gifted me a fun new kitchen towel, and I was thrilled to add it to my rotation. It’s a natural part of the home cook life cycle, after all.

1 month ago | foodandwine.com | Phoebe Sklansky

Photo: Stanley Stanley tumbler collectors are no strangers to sniffing out new color launches from the brand. Over the weekend, savvy shoppers spotted three brand-new Stanley cup colors on Target’s site, and the pastel drop couldn’t have been timed better. With the weather finally starting to warm up, we’re dreaming of sunny spring days spent sipping iced tea or lemonade out of our Hydrangea, Mint Julep, and Creamsicle Stanleys.

2 months ago | eatingwell.com | Phoebe Sklansky

I don’t remember the last time I woke up and didn’t feel groggy. Let me explain: I have Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS), a chronic condition that affects my autonomic nervous system, which is in charge of involuntary actions like heart rate and blood pressure. While the symptoms—like lightheadedness, fatigue, frequent heart rate spikes and even fainting for some—manifest differently in different people, my days are often clouded in fatigue.

Jan 14, 2025 | foodandwine.com | Phoebe Sklansky

Photo: Getty Images While I wake up every morning craving my daily cup of coffee, my parents won’t touch the stuff. For as long as I can remember, my mom’s go-to morning ritual has been brewing tea, even packing up her supplies to take when we’d travel.

Dec 18, 2024 | foodandwine.com | Phoebe Sklansky

My mom has always been a bit of a food storage genius. This year’s mission? Upgrading all of her plastic food storage containers to glass ones, and she’s never looked back. It’s true: Her fridge and freezer have never looked sleeker or been more organized. My mom’s first investment was a $4-apiece Pyrex glass container set, and she quickly became a big fan.