Low-Rent Umami

This week’s mission: a pseudo-healthy version of ground-beef stretcher, and a chemically enhanced mass-market cookie.

Don't Hate on Chablis

It’s like Chardonnay, without the oak.

Green Your Hangover

This week’s mission: An ecofriendly vodka gift pack and some meatless taco and burger mixes.

Worth the Search

Apricots from Turkey, beef from Japan — are the harder-to-track-down, usually imported ingredients any better than the more widely available versions?

The Expanding World of Pinot Noir

New Zealand gets in on the Pinot action.

Brains, Intestines, Pizzle

It’s what’s for dinner.

Old Beer Is New Again

Aging suds in oak casks comes back in style.

10 Vegetable Seed Suppliers

Where to buy exotic, heirloom, and regional vegetable seeds for your home garden.

10 Food Tattoos

Food looks just as good in ink.

What You Should Know About German Beer

Expand your beer horizon with these crisp, fresh quaffs with funny names.

High-End Tonic

Don’t mix your gin with bad stuff.

Life Lessons in Gardening

Brent Ridge of Beekman 1802 discusses leaving Martha behind for dirty feet and early morning pig feedings.

Deck the Halls with Beer

Holiday brews cheer the American beer market.

Way Beyond Salad Dressing

Or, how to use vinegar and citrus in your cooking to punch up flavors.

Hey, Mr. Postman

Where to shop for food gifts online.