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Jennifer Zyman Jennifer Zyman is a Senior Writer at Food & Wine where she covers everything a home cook could need in their arsenal. She is also a freelance writer who writes about restaurants and develops recipes. She hosts the podcast The Food that Binds. Her work has appeared in The Atlanta-Journal Constitution, Atlanta Magazine, Bon Appetit, Creative Loafing Atlanta, Eater Atlanta, The Kitchn, The Local Palate, National Geographic, Serious Eats, Southern Living, and Thrillist, and her former website The Blissful Glutton.

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Atlanta-based food writer and culinary expert.

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Love Diet Coke? You Have My Dad to Thank for That
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Love Diet Coke? You Have My Dad to Thank for That
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Sergio Zyman was the marketing executive who made Diet Coke into a cultural icon. His daughter Jennifer had a front-row seat to history.

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Review: Delbar in Buckhead shines with Persian nostalgia
Atlanta Magazine
Review: Delbar in Buckhead shines with Persian nostalgia
Atlanta Magazine

Delbar Middle Eastern Restaurant and Bar is a jewel in Fares Kargar’s crown.

Atlanta Magazine
Review: Il Premio brings a winning combination of steaks and classic Italian pasta to Old Fourth Ward
Atlanta Magazine
Review: Il Premio brings a winning combination of steaks and classic Italian pasta to Old Fourth Ward
Atlanta Magazine

Review: Il Premio brings a winning combination of steaks and classic Italian pasta to Old Fourth Ward. Chef John Adamson did his research and cleverly separates his steakhouse from Atlanta's crowd.

Atlanta Magazine
A love letter to Houston’s burger
Atlanta Magazine
A love letter to Houston’s burger
Atlanta Magazine

As a restaurant critic, I have eaten a lot of great burgers around the world, but the Houston’s burger is something special.

Atlanta Magazine
Simply Recipes: The 1-Ingredient Chocolate Mousse My Whole Family Can Enjoy in a Moment’s Notice
Simply Recipes
Simply Recipes: The 1-Ingredient Chocolate Mousse My Whole Family Can Enjoy in a Moment’s Notice
Simply Recipes

Thanks to a French gastronomer's genius technique, this dessert is as simple as it gets.

Simply Recipes
Food & Wine: How to Cure Meat at Home: 7 Essential Tools for Crafting Charcuterie
Food & Wine: How to Cure Meat at Home: 7 Essential Tools for Crafting Charcuterie

The expert solution for your curing setup.

Food & Wine: The Thermacell Is the Best Mosquito Repellent I’ve Tried — Here's Why
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Food & Wine: The Thermacell Is the Best Mosquito Repellent I’ve Tried — Here's Why
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Make mosquito bites a distant memory with this refillable repellent device.

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Food & Wine: These Stackable Wine Glasses Will Make You Feel Like You're in Italy
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Food & Wine: These Stackable Wine Glasses Will Make You Feel Like You're in Italy
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Delish: The Secret For Perfect Carne Asada
Delish
Delish: The Secret For Perfect Carne Asada
Delish

Nothing brings everyone together like my dad’s unbeatable grilled steak.

Delish
Food & Wine: The 9 Best Pizza Tools for Preparing Professional-Quality Pizzas at Home
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Food & Wine: The 9 Best Pizza Tools for Preparing Professional-Quality Pizzas at Home
Food & Wine

Including our favorite outdoor oven and pizza peel.

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Food & Wine: The Best Splurge-Worthy Kitchen Tools, According to Our Tests
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Food & Wine: The Best Splurge-Worthy Kitchen Tools, According to Our Tests
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These overall winners from our tests are the best tools to invest in your kitchen.

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Food & Wine: The 6 Best Egg Cookers for Every Egg Style
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Food & Wine: The 6 Best Egg Cookers for Every Egg Style
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These tools work for hard-boiled, poached, and every egg dish in between.

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Food & Wine: The Breville Grind Control Is the Only Grind and Brew Coffee Maker I’ll Ever Buy
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Food & Wine: The Breville Grind Control Is the Only Grind and Brew Coffee Maker I’ll Ever Buy
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I love Breville's The Grind Control and I actually repurchased it after trying a bunch of units that didn't cut the mustard for my morning cup of coffee. This is the right machine if you like the taste of freshly ground beans and a strong cup of coffee. While it takes a little bit of dialing in, the resulting brew is absolutely worth the result.

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Food & Wine: The 12 Tools You Need to Bake Better Bread at Home
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Food & Wine: The 12 Tools You Need to Bake Better Bread at Home
Food & Wine

From dough whisks to bench scrapers—here are the essentials for a more old-school, hands-on approach when making bread.

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The Best Bread Boxes for Your Baked Goods
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The Best Bread Boxes for Your Baked Goods
Food & Wine

Our favorite, the Brabantia Roll Top Bread Box, keeps bread fresh without being an eyesore.

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Simply Recipes: This 2-Minute Salad Dressing Will Make You Feel Like You’re in a French Bistro
Simply Recipes
Simply Recipes: This 2-Minute Salad Dressing Will Make You Feel Like You’re in a French Bistro
Simply Recipes

You'll need the microwave for the brilliant trick.

Simply Recipes
Food & Wine: The 6 Best Rice Cookers for 2023, Tested and Reviewed
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Food & Wine: The 6 Best Rice Cookers for 2023, Tested and Reviewed
Food & Wine

These time-savers make moist, fluffy rice every time without scorching and are easy to clean.

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Food & Wine: The 8 Best Mortar and Pestle Sets for Herbs, Spices, and Sauces
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Food & Wine: The 8 Best Mortar and Pestle Sets for Herbs, Spices, and Sauces
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How to pick the best mortar and pestle set, whether you're grinding spices, herbs, or mashing avocados.

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Food & Wine: The 5 Best Sous Vide Cookers for Precision in the Kitchen
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Food & Wine: The 5 Best Sous Vide Cookers for Precision in the Kitchen
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The Anova Culinary Wi-Fi Immersion Circulator is our overall winner.

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Food & Wine: The 6 Best Dutch Ovens, According to Our Tests
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Food & Wine: The 6 Best Dutch Ovens, According to Our Tests
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The Staub Cast Iron 5.5-Quart Round Cocotte was the Best Overall winner in our tests.

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Food & Wine: The Best Vitamix Blenders for Every Kitchen, According to Our Tests
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Food & Wine: The Best Vitamix Blenders for Every Kitchen, According to Our Tests
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From smoothies to soups, we break down which Vitamix blender is best, depending on your cooking habits and kitchen needs.

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Food & Wine: The 10 Best Dinnerware Sets for 2023
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Food & Wine: The 10 Best Dinnerware Sets for 2023
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These dinnerware sets deliver no matter what you serve up.

Food & Wine
Simply Recipes: Taquitos de Pollo (Chicken Taquitos)
Simply Recipes
Simply Recipes: Taquitos de Pollo (Chicken Taquitos)
Simply Recipes

Taquitos are always a family favorite. Filled with leftover shredded chicken and pan-fried, taquitos de pollo are easy to make and fun to eat. Serve with lots of fun toppings like salsa and crema.

Simply Recipes
Simply Recipes: Why Trader Joe’s Pie Crust Is the Only One Worth Buying
Simply Recipes: Why Trader Joe’s Pie Crust Is the Only One Worth Buying

Real butter, a homemade look, and two pie crusts for just $4.49. What's not to love?

Food & Wine: The 11 Best Pasta Bowls of 2022
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Food & Wine: The 11 Best Pasta Bowls of 2022
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These bowls are great for more than just your average carbonara.

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Food & Wine: The 11 Best Baking Tools of 2022
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Food & Wine: The 11 Best Baking Tools of 2022
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We asked expert pastry chef Claudia Martinez to weigh in on her must-have home baking tools.

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An Unremarkable Friday Morning in 2011 Gave Rise to the Comfy Biscuit
Eater Atlanta
An Unremarkable Friday Morning in 2011 Gave Rise to the Comfy Biscuit
Eater Atlanta

How crispy fried chicken sitting atop a big old Cathead biscuit covered in savory sausage gravy became an instant classic at Home Grown.

Eater Atlanta
Food & Wine: The 12 Best Tagines of 2022
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Food & Wine: The 12 Best Tagines of 2022
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From stoneware to cast iron, we found the best tagines for all types of cooking styles.

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Food & Wine: The 7 Best Instant Read Thermometers of 2022, Tested and Reviewed
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Food & Wine: The 7 Best Instant Read Thermometers of 2022, Tested and Reviewed
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Whether making a favorite weeknight grilled chicken recipe or prepping a Thanksgiving turkey feast, an instant-read thermometer is an essential tool for home cooks. These are our favorites.

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Food & Wine: The 15 Best Outdoor Dinnerware Sets of 2022
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Food & Wine: The 15 Best Outdoor Dinnerware Sets of 2022
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The best outdoor dinnerware for every style or occasion.

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