Holiday Recipes: Mustard Soft Pretzels

Salty starters to fend off snacking guests

In anticipation of the various gatherings that occur this time of year, we’ve pulled together five of our favorite cookbooks from recent months. Each day this week, CH will feature a different cookbook and a recipe, the sum of which will make up a complete holiday meal. First up: a braided starter from “Salty Snacks.” Cynthia Nims authors this bible for roaming eaters, delivering 75 …

Hurom Slow Press Juicer

A consumer-grade juice press machine now available for home kitchens

We drink a lot of juice at CH. Pressed juice is always our preference because we find it better tasting and more nutritious than that made with traditional juice machines that shred. While it’s easy to get our hands on great pressed juice in NYC, it’s not readily available everywhere. And while there are some great traditional home juice machines, the industry-standard juice press machine, …

Gin & Luck Rucksack

A new way to carry cocktail supplies and other on-the-go necessities

With the launch of their canvas and leather backpack for carrying cocktail supplies on-the-go, David Kaplan and Alex Day of Proprietors LLC, along with creative director Alexander Kwong, introduce the world to their new lifestyle brand, Gin & Luck. Kaplan and Day have worked on cocktail bars from Death & Co. and Demi Monde in New York City to The Rose in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, …