Wilder Davies
Staff Writer, Commerce
Wilder has been testing and reviewing appliances for home kitchens since 2019. Beyond the world of kitchen equipment he writes about cookbooks, culinary history, gardening, and design. He has a soft spot for giant kitchen timers, tiny mandolines, and growing houseplants from his kitchen scraps. Before joining the team, he was the associate partnerships editor at TIME, and a fact checker for 5280 magazine in Denver.
Expert Advice
Growing Mushrooms at Home Is Easier Than You'd Think
Bring the forest floor to your countertop.
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How About Some Actually Attractive Pepper Mills for Your Table
Not all pepper mills have to be shaped like that.
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The French Pocket Knife That'll Teach You to Be a Responsible Adult
A baby knife for baby knife owners, like me!
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How to Stock Your Home Bar—From Your Couch
Get these bottles delivered straight to your door. Then make a few of our favorite cocktails with them.
Ingredients
Effie's Oatcakes Are Great for Tea, and For Shoving In Your Face
This dignified little tea cake is too delicious for its own good.
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Fukujinzuke Is Great on Everything, or Just Curry
If fukujinzuke isn't already in your arsenal, it's a worthy addition to your current pickle lineup.
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The Best Bread Baking Books for Beginners, According to Our Staff
Be your own boulangerie.
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14 Good Desk Mugs and the Condé Nast Employees Who Love Them
How tastemakers and aesthetes get caffeinated.
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There Is a Vitamix On Sale, and 2 Other Things to Buy This Weekend
It's homemade nut milk time!
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Invite All Your Lonely Friends Over For a Midwinter Grill Party
Seasonal Affective Disorder whomst?
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Can the Always Pan Replace All of Your Cookware?
Our Place's Always Pan is the latest in market-disrupting direct-to-consumer cookware. But is it actually good? We put it to the test.
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These 3 Great Kitchen Staples Are on Sale This Weekend
It might finally be time to get that stand mixer you've been eyeing.
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These Are the Weekend Kitchenware Sales to Shop
One of our favorite immersion circulators, a sleek pot and pan set, and more—all at deeply discounted prices.
Ingredients
These Are the Fish Sauces Chefs Swear By
Pros weigh in on the best fish sauces and how to use them.
Expert Advice
We Love This Thermometer—And It's On Sale Exclusively For Epicurious Readers
The more affordable version of our top-rated digital thermometer
Holidays Events
What Epi's Site Director, David Tamarkin, Wants for Hanukkah
In case you have a sustainably-minded bread obsessive in your life.