Tanya Malik

Finding the best bakers racks for your kitchen used to mean settling for a wobbly wire shelf or a bulky wooden hutch that ate half your floor space. Our team spent six weeks testing 10 of the most popular bakers racks on the market right now, and the category has come a long way from … Read more

After 4 months of frying eggs without oil, searing salmon skin, and scrubbing tomato-sauce stains off cream-colored pans, our team landed on the 12 best nonstick cookware sets worth your kitchen cabinet space. We tested everything from a 3-piece budget aluminum set to a premium hybrid pot collection, focusing on three things that matter most: … Read more

I spent six weeks chopping carrots, slicing tomatoes, mincing chives, and breaking down chicken with eight different santoku knives to find the best santoku knives you can actually buy today. The short answer: the imarku 7 Inch Santoku is the one I’d put in my own kitchen, with the Babish 6.5 Inch as the smartest … Read more

A paring knife is the small, short-bladed workhorse (typically 3 to 4 inches) that handles every precision task your chef’s knife can’t do well. It’s the third essential in any home kitchen kit, sitting alongside a chef’s knife and a serrated bread knife. Peeling apples, hulling strawberries, mincing shallots, deveining shrimp, segmenting citrus, coring tomatoes: … Read more

Few things ruin a perfectly seared ribeye faster than a dull steak knife. We have tested plenty over the years, and the difference between a bargain serrated set and a well-made steak knife set is the difference between tearing through meat and slicing cleanly. After spending weeks comparing 10 popular steak knife sets at the … Read more

If your bedroom has no closet, the right wardrobe solves the entire problem in one piece of furniture. After testing twelve freestanding wardrobes over thirty days across studio apartments, guest rooms, and kids’ bedrooms, our team found that the best wardrobes combine a sturdy frame, a full-length hanging rail, and adjustable shelves in a footprint … Read more

An armoire is a freestanding, floor-to-ceiling storage cabinet that combines a hanging rod, shelves, and drawers behind two or more doors. It works as a self-contained closet substitute, so bedrooms without built-ins finally get the storage they need. The best armoires for do that job while doubling as statement furniture. Our team spent six weeks … Read more

An indoor chaise lounge (also called a chaise longue or fainting couch) is an upholstered seat with an extended leg rest built into one piece, so you can lean back and stretch out without dragging an ottoman across the room. The word is pronounced “shayz launj” (or “shayz long” for the more formal French spelling), … Read more

A club chair is a low-back, deep-seated upholstered armchair with wide armrests, traditionally crafted in leather, originally designed for gentlemen’s clubs and lounges so people could sit for hours in comfort. Today the club chair is one of the most versatile pieces you can put in a living room, reading nook, or bedroom corner, and … Read more

I’ve owned four wingback chairs over the past decade, and I keep coming back to the silhouette for one simple reason: it actually works. The tall side wings and high back cradle your head and shoulders, blocking drafts and ambient light so you can settle into a book without distraction. After months of testing, comparing … Read more