Rewatching Top Chef episodes is the extent of my culinary experience. So I avoid experimenting with recipes — if Ina Garten tells me to scoop up a half-cup of store-bought, bottled lemon curd, I won’t ...

Monica Petrucci is an experienced food writer and editor based in Boston. She specializes in testing and writing about kitchen products. Previously, she was the Kitchen & Cooking Editor at Reviewed.

The inviting aroma of garlic simmering in a pan of olive oil is synonymous with home to me. That’s because I grew up with parents who immigrated from southern Italy, and to them, making homemade ...