Ashlee spent time as a newspaper reporter, AmeriCorps VISTA and an employee at a healthcare company before she landed at CNET. She loves to eat, write and watch "Golden Girls" (preferably all three at ...

A kitchen stand mixer may not seem like something to get excited about, but this innovation is worth our attention. Jessica Dolcourt VP, Content Operations and Commerce, CNET Group and CNET Labs ...

Truth is, I was pretty intimidated by the bright red KitchenAid Stand Mixer that sat, pristine and unused, on our kitchen counter during the initial years of my marriage. It was too shiny — I pictured ...

The stand mixer was invented in the early 1910s by Herbert Johnson, an engineer at Hobart Manufacturing Company, after he observed a baker laboring over mixing dough. Determined to simplify the ...

True story: A long time ago, as a lowly magazine assistant with the ink still drying on my grad school degree, I dreamed of a promotion beyond my usual duties of grabbing lunch for my bosses and ...

Electric stand mixers can be useful for both at-home and professional bakers alike: You can whip up fluffy meringue and airy cakes, knead dough, mix cookie batter and much more. These tools can also ...