Don't fear the pit! To easily pit cherries or olives, place them on a cutting board and gently smash them with the smooth side of the mallet. The fruit will crack open and the pit loosens, coming ...

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While many premium cuts of meat, such as filet mignon or ribeye, are naturally tender, others can benefit from tenderizing. As a rule of thumb, the texture of a cut of meat depends on its origin, as ...

CARNIVORE’S TOOL: If some of your favorite recipes call for thin meat cutlets, or if you’d like a cut of meat with uniform thickness so it all cooks at the same time, a meat mallet is a worthy — and ...

If you buy something from a link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. In the kitchen at the Portland-based Russian restaurant Kachka, the meat mallet is an indispensable piece ...