I tested five of the most high-tech toaster ovens on the market... and honestly, they’re all pretty amazing. But which one is right for you? Toaster oven technology has never been more advanced or effective. The modern toaster oven heats up fast, stays consistently hot and temperature-controlled, and is perfectly proportioned and feature-designed for solo apartment-dwellers or couples who share smaller spaces, although some models also cater to those with families (i.e., they’re tater-tot ready). The ongoing integration of smart technology means that even affordable toaster ovens are loaded w ..read more

Cheese Boutique The best places to eat in Toronto, according to Eater’s on-the-ground local food expert Toronto’s culinary scene is shaped by its multicultural underpinnings, cobbled together from 158 neighborhoods that reflect the various groups who immigrated to the city over the centuries. In general, restaurants across the area champion this diversity and maintain a certain malleability, eschewing stringent rules or hierarchies. Since this vast tapestry of food heritages could never be encapsulated in a single creation, Toronto doesn’t have a clear signature dish, (no disrespect to the lat ..read more

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Cellar Rat is on sale March 25. | Photo illustration by Lille Allen; see below for additional credits Hannah Selinger’s new memoir reflects on her years spent working at restaurants like Momofuku and Jean-Georges In 2020, the writer and former sommelier Hannah Selinger wrote a review for Eater of Dave Chang’s memoir, Eat a Peach. In it, Selinger reflects on her brief time as the beverage director of the fledgling Momofuku in 2008 — a position in which she experienced, as she wrote, “the roiling, red-faced, screaming, pulsing, wrath-filled man that was David Chang.” To Selinger, Chang’s memoir ..read more

George Foreman | NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty The Olympic gold-winning boxer became a pillar of American home cooking and ‘90s diet culture by selling the George Foreman Lean Mean Fat-Reducing Grilling Machine Two-time world heavyweight boxing champion, Olympic gold medalist, and multi-million-dollar grilling entrepreneur George Foreman died on March 21, 2025, at the age of 76, according to a statement from his family posted on the former athlete’s Instagram. Foreman initially gained world renown during his decades-long boxing career, which included matches against Muhammad Ali, Evan ..read more

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Elon Musk, burgeoning restaurateur | Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images At the Tesla diner in Los Angeles, you could be eating AI-oli and hot DOGE towers Plenty of restaurants have been run by absolute monsters so it makes perfect sense that Elon Musk has long wanted to toss his MAGA hat into the ring. Pete Wells reports that Tesla, Musk’s tanking company and producers of the ugliest car you’ve ever seen, will soon open a diner and drive-in theater in West Hollywood. The restaurant has officially been in the works since 2023, when Musk had already made it clear what an awful person he is, but ..read more

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Lille Allen/Eater Many people don’t want to acknowledge the pandemic’s five-year anniversary. But there are lessons — both in and out of the kitchen — we would do well to remember. Five years ago this month, things began to come apart. Slowly at first, then all at once. Panic. Shutdown. Shelter in place orders. Schools shuttered. So many workplaces went fully remote. There is, it seems, a great reluctance to mark this COVID anniversary. So many editors have told me they’re done with COVID stories; people just don’t want to read them. They conjure so much darkness that many of us don’t want to ..read more

@dzaslavsky Screenshot via TikTok The story behind the salad, or morkovcha, is one of Korean culinary innovation, forcible exile, and a violent dictatorship Last winter, a Ukrainian American wellness and lifestyle influencer named Danielle Zaslavsky posted a TikTok of herself slurping a grated carrot salad straight from a frosty mason jar. In the video, she eats with gusto, praising the salad’s salt and tang while she audibly crunches away. Her TikTok generated tens of millions of views and a flurry of comments from users demanding to know what exactly she was enjoying. The answer? Morkovcha ..read more