Happy holidays, everyone.

We at Hard Fork are off this week.

We are taking a much-needed vacation,

so there won't be a new episode in your feed this week.

But in the place of that,

we wanted to bring you a recent episode

from another podcast from the New York Times

that we love, The Wirecutter Show.

Wait, you're on vacation this week.

I've been delivering toys

to all the boys and girls across the land.

I thought that was you. Yeah. Casey, you were the one who actually suggested this wire cutter show episode. What made you want to put it down our feed?

Okay. So here's what I really liked about this episode. I love being in the kitchen. And we don't often think about the kitchen as a place where technology plays a huge

role, but of course it does, Kevin. These days, we do not cook with fire alone. We have gadgets.

We have tools, but I'm always wanting to know what are the actual best tools? Which are the good

ones that are cheap? Which are the sort of splurges that I should make? which ones will last a long time. And so when I found out that the

wirecutter were doing a show about that, I said, get that to me immediately, and then let's share

it with all of our listeners. So this episode features Michael Sullivan. He's one of the senior

staff writers on wirecutter's kitchen team. And he basically walks through his tips and tricks for

finding the best kitchen gear. If you just got some new cast iron cookware for Christmas,

they will teach you how to make it last a lifetime.

Or if you just got a bunch of stuff you don't like

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