This Pepper Mill Changed How One Food Editor Cooks

I’m always looking for little tips and tricks to pick up in the kitchen. I’m a pretty decent cook, but there is so much to learn. One of the places I consistently turn to for this is Food52’s Genius Recipes Column. Run by Founding Editor and Creative Director Kristen Miglore, each week there is a different recipe that is delicious, as well as a conversation about a kitchen tip with input from the community. So far, I’ve learned a hack to prep bell peppers and a way to plop big chunks of potatoes into boiling water without burning myself. But I wanted to know what her favorite tip she’d picked up was—and her answer surprised me.

“I love this pepper mill,” she said. The grinder in question is the PepperMate Mill. It’s not shaped like a cylinder as you might expect, but it’s more of a box. It has a knob you twist to grind, an ample hopper for peppercorns, and a bin at the bottom to catch all of the pepper you grind up.

At first, I was expecting something fancy like a Peugeot, which I’ve seen her use in her videos—it’s the same mill I have, too. It’s elegant and beautiful and classic. But I was wrong.

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