Food
We fried nine kilos of potato to settle this
Three price brackets, one kitchen, a control batch in oil. The cheapest machine beat two costing triple, and the basket is why.
1 min read18,420 readers14 Sept 2026
Food
Kitchen equipment put through repeat batches, with the running cost worked out per portion.
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Food
Cold brew at home, costed per litre
The equipment barely matters. The grind, the ratio and the bean price decide what a litre costs and how it tastes.
1 min read5,310 readers5 Sept 2026
Food
Cast iron under ₹3,000, seasoned and abused
Six pans, four months of daily cooking, and one that lost its seasoning in a week. Surface finish is the whole story.
1 min read2,480 readers28 Aug 2026
Food
Mixers that survive daily dal
A mixer grinder used twice a day fails differently to one used twice a week. Six months of Indian kitchen duty, logged.
1 min read3,170 readers14 Aug 2026
Food
Knife sets worth sharpening
Most sets are two useful knives and five that hold the block up. Buy the two, learn the stone, skip the rest.
1 min read1,720 readers6 Aug 2026