Holiday gift ideas, including the ideal mini bar, a collapsible greenhouse, and a Cuisinart perfected.

Some of the best and worst ice cream makers. (By Louisa Chu)

Please dads, grads, brides, and more. (By Michele Foley)

Everyone loves a giver. (By Michele Foley)

The gifts keep on giving and being given. (By Roxanne Webber)

All your warm-weather gifting needs met. (By Lessley Anderson and Roxanne Webber)

Dust off your underused equipment and discover new applications.

Crème brûlée in the microwave and other desperate dorm-room tricks. (By Margot Kaminski)

There’s never been a better time to give.

Does Chef Heston Blumenthal really find perfection? (By Sara Dickerman)

Get it fresh and hot. (By Amy Wisniewski)

What does it mean when the sensory pleasures of the table overtake other sensory pleasures? (By Daniel Duane)

Stop her before she shops again: the San Francisco Chronicle gets a lock on all the kitchen gadgets you’ll never need. (By Stephanie Rosenbaum)

The elegant Chefs Catalog is the answer to the prayers of the jaded and overequipped home cook. (By James Norton)

New York magazine is up to its usual mischief: tempting already harried New York gastronomes and tantalizing the rest of us. This time, it previews dessert-centric lounges that put the sweet course first. (By James Norton)