Stand Mixers

Saturday morning, you’ve got the stand mixer out, a bag of 00 flour, and no idea what ratio of eggs to flour makes pasta that doesn’t fall apart in the…

You’re looking at stand mixers and the KitchenAid says “planetary mixing action” like it’s a feature you should care about. Then you spot a Famag spiral mixer on a bread…

Your stand mixer has been sitting on the counter for months doing nothing but whipping the occasional batch of buttercream. Meanwhile, you’ve been kneading bread by hand, sweating over sticky…

You’ve decided to buy a stand mixer. You’ve read the reviews, narrowed it down to three brands, and now you’re staring at a KitchenAid, a Kenwood, and a Smeg wondering…

The smell of fresh bread at 7am is one of those small luxuries that makes a house feel like a home. You loaded the ingredients the night before, set the…

You’ve just tipped your third sad batch of bread dough into the bin and decided a wooden spoon and willpower aren’t cutting it anymore. You’ve seen the KitchenAid sitting smugly…

There’s a particular smell that takes over your kitchen when bread is baking — warm, yeasty, slightly sweet — and it makes your entire house feel like a different place.…

You’re standing in John Lewis staring at a wall of stand mixers, and they all look roughly the same except for one confusing detail: the bowl sizes. 4.3 litres, 4.8 litres, 5.5 litres, 6.9 litres — what do those numbers actually mean in terms of real-world baking? Can you make a double batch of…

You’ve just unboxed your new stand mixer, tipped the box upside down, and three metal attachments have tumbled onto the worktop. They all look vaguely medieval. One’s a hook, one’s…