If you are still shaking stale, pre-ground pepper from a jar, now is the time for a kitchen staple upgrade. Freshly grinding peppercorns releases their heat and flinty aroma, adding life and verve to ...

Get our weekly Home and Garden email for tips, and interior inspiration When it comes to food, salt and pepper are two of the most crucial ingredients; they can take a dish from zero to hero. As with ...

No matter how much a gourmet chef relies on unique ingredients and special spices, they cannot make significant headway in any recipe without the fundamental components: salt and pepper. The purest ...

For pepper mills, form and function often go hand in hand. A good one will have a grinding mechanism made of ceramic or stainless steel for durability and adjustable settings that yield fine to coarse ...

It hardly matters what's being served (simply dressed greens, strawberries and cold whipping cream, cardboard)—top a plate or bowl with freshly cracked black pepper from a proper grinder and it will ...

The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Serving up a freshly shaken bowl of salad? Add a grinding of ...

Freshly ground pepper is a complex flavor: sweet, savory, floral, and spicy all at the same time. Once you taste it, you'll find it hard to stomach the pre-ground variety. The easiest way to get fresh ...

The best mill, from Cole & Mason, made it easy to grind as much pepper as I wanted. The Cole & Mason Derwent Pepper Grinder is the pepper mill I'd recommend for most home cooks. It has preset grind ...