Feature Friday! Check Out Our Latest Features from New York Times Wirecutter, WSJ, and Good Housekeeping!

This week’s Feature Friday spotlights brands earning recognition across leading news, business, and lifestyle publications. From MÄNNKITCHEN being named a top pick in New York Times Wirecutter’s guide to the best pepper mills, to Nautilus Puzzles landing among WSJ’s best advent calendars, to Buddha Board earning a spot in Good Housekeeping’s best gifts for tweens, these brands are showing up right as holiday shopping kicks off.

Each of these features speaks to the small things that make a busy season easier and a little more special. MÄNNKITCHEN makes dialing in the perfect grind effortless, Nautilus Puzzles turns the countdown to the holidays into a daily brain teaser, and Buddha Board gives kids a calm, mess-free way to create!

New York Times Wirecutter

MÄNNKITCHEN was featured in New York Times Wirecutter’s “The Best Pepper Mill,” with the Original Pepper Cannon named a top pick for a metal pepper mill built to last. Writer Michael Sullivan, who has tested more than 40 mills over the course of a decade, highlighted that it offers over 60 grind settings, the widest range of any mill Wirecutter has tested. He also noted that the knob spins with almost no effort and the wide 1.75-inch opening makes refilling easy, while the high-carbon stainless steel burrs and aerospace-grade aluminum body give it a standout all-metal build. At $200, it landed in a guide to mills made to last for decades. See it here.

WSJ

Nautilus Puzzles was featured in WSJ’s “The Best Advent Calendars and Hanukkah Gift Sets for the Holiday Season,” with the Puzzle Advent Calendar named the pick for the jigsaw puzzle fan. Writers Medea Giordano and Madeline Diamond highlighted that each day brings a mini puzzle with its own motifs, and all 12 connect to form a border around a larger 13th puzzle in the center. They noted that solving without a reference image adds a fun challenge and even more anticipation to the season, while the laser-cut wooden pieces come in whimsical shapes like birds, trees, and elves. At $300, it landed in a guide to calendars the Buy Side team tested and recommends. See it here.

Good Housekeeping

Buddha Board was featured in Good Housekeeping’s “The Ultimate List of the Best Gift Ideas for Kids of Every Age,” with the Buddha Board Enso picked as one of the best gifts for tweens. Writer Marisa LaScala pulled the list from the Good Housekeeping Institute’s yearlong toy-testing process, where experts, parents, and kids give feedback to find the year’s best new releases, plus longtime favorites and best sellers. She noted that tweens still love getting gifts when they match what they’re into, making the Enso a standout for this age group. Now $24, it earned a spot in what Good Housekeeping calls its kid-gift Hall of Fame. See it here.