Thai cuisine’s global popularity has surged past the restaurant level and into home kitchens, with cooks from Brooklyn to Berlin now hunting down the specific tools that make som tam and nam prik taste unmistakably Thai. The clay-and-wood mortar set once confined to Isaan street…
Mortar and pestles have been used for thousands of years in many different cultures worldwide. After all, crushing food before eating is likely one of the first things humankind discovered about cooking, and the mortar and pestle were likely discovered right after! This ancient tool…
A mortar and pestle is an essential tool in the kitchen. Historically important to cuisines around the world and still used in many kitchens today, the mortar and pestle is perfect for smashing and grinding, emulsifying and breaking down tough fibers. No electric food processor…
In 2026, shoppers scrolling Amazon for a mortar and pestle face thousands of listings ranging from $12 ceramic trinkets to $200-plus handcrafted granite, making the buying decision harder than ever. Tariffs on imported kitchen goods have pushed up the prices of mass-produced stone by roughly…
