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Welcome to Buy This Thing, a column dedicated to the kitchen products and home goods Eater writers and industry pros obsess over.

The Best Ice Cube Tray Comes With a Lid

By Bettina Makalintal

Honestly, the Cheese Grotto Comes in Handy

By Jaya Saxena

Everyone Needs a Masala Dabba

By Jaya Saxena

My Vintage Pizza Hut Pan Lets Me Live Out All My Book It! Fantasies

By Missy Frederick

A $20 Set of Divided Plates Solved My Biggest Food Ick

By Amy McCarthy

This Soy Milk Machine Quickly Pays for Itself

By Zoey Gong

Honestly, I Love a Good Spork

By Jaya Saxena

These Vegetable Cutters Make Work-From-Home Lunches So Much Cuter

By Bettina Makalintal

The $9 Jar Scraper That Does It All

By Stephanie Wu

Make the Most of Hot Cocoa Season with a Molinillo Whisk

By Liliana López Sorzano

The Chicest Wine Rack Is on Etsy and It’s Only $60

By Patty Diez

This Simple Dishwasher Magnet Is an Argument Ender

By Hillary Dixler Canavan

My Side-Loading Toaster Is Better Than a Toaster Oven

By Jenna Stoeber

The Surprising Versatility of an Old-School Orange Juice Carafe

By Emma Wartzman

The Oddly Stylish Compost Bin That Got Me to Start Composting 

By Missy Frederick

A Bread Tube Will Cure the Mundanity of Regular Bread-Baking

By Dayna Evans

Make Lunchtime Field Trips a Thing With The Table

By Zach Brooks

Anyone Who Cooks Tofu Should Invest in a Tofu Press

By Emma Alpern

My Vegetable Scrubber Brings Me Peace of Mind 

By Jenna Stoeber

A Bread Box Is Good, but a Bread Drawer Is Even Better

By Nick Mancall-Bitel

This Zojirushi Mug Makes My Winter Walks Tolerable

By Monica Burton

Don’t Open Your Older Bottles of Wine Without This Tool

By Ellie Krupnick and Patty Diez

You Don’t Actually Need a Stand Mixer 

By Brittany Ross

Get a Breakfast Tray, Live That Bed Life

By Hillary Dixler Canavan

These Extremely British Prep Bowls Helped Me Stop Panic-Cooking

By Erica Sweeney

Forget Pizza Stones. For the Best Homemade Pizza, You’ll Need a Baking Steel.

By Rachel Leah Blumenthal

I Hated Decorating Cookies — Until I Found These Cookie Stamps

By Lesley Suter

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The Case for Instant Coffee

By Angela Burke

The Air Fryer That (Almost) Satisfies My Fried Chicken Cravings

By James Park

The Air Fryer That (Almost) Satisfies My Fried Chicken Cravings

By James Park

This Japanese Ceramic Pig Lets Me Have a Patio Cocktail in Peace 

By Missy Frederick

Take Anything You Want on Your Next Road Trip With This Electric Cooler

By Nick Mancall-Bitel