The Basics: How to Make Seven-Layer Bars

A shockingly easy dessert.

Freeze-Dried Guanciale and Squid Ink Bar Codes

What we learned at Madrid Fusión.

What Are Buffalo Wings?

Are they the clipped appendages of miniature flying bison?

Deck the Halls with Beer

Holiday brews cheer the American beer market.

From Scarface to Key Lime Pie

A culinary tour of seedy-but-cool Red Hook, Brooklyn

Pimp My Dive

CHOW’s ultimate product guide for furnishing your dive bar.

Ginning Up the Gin Market

Is the gin renaissance a false phenomenon?

The Art of Criticism

Does your server really want to know what you thought of your meal?

The New Whiskey Rebellion

In the rye versus bourbon smackdown, bourbon has always triumphed.

Neoslacker Interactive Thanksgiving

Make your friends do all the work.

Bite the Antenna

Wires and spikes make up modern serviceware from Crucial Detail.

Stop Refilling My Wineglass!

How to tell waiters to let you drink at your own pace.

I Want to Be Alone

When solo diners aren’t looking for company.

Black Fades to Black

Hipper-than-thou waiter attire is replaced by humble aprons.

Original Gin

Genever and gin are both flavored with juniper, but that’s where the similarities end.