Kitchen Articles and Product Reviews
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Our main focus is kitchen product reviews, and we also have some how-to articles on basic cooking and food safety, a few helpful infographics, and even a recipes page.
You don't always have to spend a fortune to get good quality, but we believe it's often better to spend a little more up front to get products that perform well and will last for a long time. We carefully research and test every product we review, and we purchase them with our own budget! We have never taken any free products in exchange for reviews, and we never will--this is our promise to our readers. We only recommend products that we like and use ourselves, and that we think offer consumers the best quality at the best price.
Our how-to articles are practical and easy to follow, and will help improve your cooking skills and basic kitchen knowledge. We have topics about basic kitchen safety, knife safety, food safety, stocking a pantry, gift guides for cooks, and much more.
Our infographics have useful information that you can print out for quick reference, such as the finished temperatures of baked goods (very useful!), sous vide temperature recommendations for proteins, and a chart of in-season produce (which is always better and cheaper than out-of-season produce, so it's important info to know).
The list below contains links to our extensive knowledge base and product reviews--have fun exploring our site, and we hope you learn something new!
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The Rational Kitchen is a kitchen product review site. We have many contributors who research, test and write content. Since most of our articles are a collaborative effort, we attribute most of them simply to "TRK." Our editor-in-chief is Melanie Johnson, who has a background in technical communication and two decades of experience in the consumer products industry. Her award-winning writing has appeared in dozens of publications and on hundreds of websites.
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