Mike Diago is a writer and high school social worker living in the Hudson Valley with his wife and two sons, and has been an Eater contributor since 2021. About ten summers ago, there was a chef who ...

It is that time of year and the mind turns to grills. For many, the thing to grill is ribs, but most anything will do. I am not a cook or a grill guy but consider myself something of a rib expert, ...

Are retro spaces like the conversation pit having a moment? (Photo Illustration: Yahoo News, photo: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division) ...

Recessed spaces have a long history going back at least hundreds of years — from the irori, or sunken hearth, in traditional Japanese architecture to the open pit dining rooms, or triclinia, of ...

Kacey Simon wiped sweat from his brow as he worked over a massive smoker he’d set up in June outside Britain Hill Venue and Vineyard. From his hilltop vantage point there in Little Britain Township, ...

The 1970s-style “conversation pit” — a sunken or recessed living area, often with built-in cushioned seating — is no doubt a bold design move. Who doesn’t remember seeing Don Draper’s sleek Manhattan ...

If you're wondering if you need to clean a fire pit that is designed to hold dirt and ashes, the answer is yes. A fire pit doesn't burn well when it is full of ash or the ventilation is blocked.

Two conflicting developments arose this month in US efforts to produce new plutonium pits for its nuclear weapons: The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced it had produced a ...