Rai Mincey is a food writer and baking enthusiast whose focuses include culinary history, seasonal cooking, and Southern cuisine. She splits her time between Birmingham, Alabama, and Tulum, Mexico. A ...

A food processor is the ultimate workhorse: It shreds cheese, dices peppers, effortlessly turns chickpeas into a silky hummus, and does it all with an almost smug efficiency. It’s the best thing in ...