There are two types of cleaning for your drip coffee maker, daily cleaning (or after each use) and monthly cleaning and descaling to remove mineral deposits, yeast and mold.

Selecting the right speed on your hand mixer is a little like choosing the right tempo to play a piece of music—go too fast or too slow and the finished product doesn’t turn out quite right.

What’s a DC motor and why does it matter in a kitchen mixer? In a nutshell, a DC (direct current) motor is more powerful than an AC (alternating current) motor and tackles hard-to-mix ingredients better.

Blenders with plastic jars are more prevalent nowadays, but blenders with glass jars are still popular. What’s the difference?

Although the countertop blender is a workhorse, there are times when a hand blender, also known as an immersion blender, emulsion blender or stick blender, could be just what’s needed to get a meal or snack on the table quickly.

Ever wanted to cry out for your morning coffee? Since most of us lack a waitstaff at home, the next best thing to being served coffee on demand is simply brewing coffee on command. 

As our choices of breads have expanded and entrees like avocado toast have become all the rage, we now demand more from the humble electric toaster.

With so many people baking bread at home and so many types of bread luring us when we venture out to shop, there are bound to be some extra slices in the house. The question: what to do with all that delicious bread?