Playing with Fire

CHOW tests the best kitchen torches on crème brûlée and beyond.

Freeze-Dried Guanciale and Squid Ink Bar Codes

What we learned at Madrid Fusión.

Gas Versus Charcoal

Choose what’s under your grate before you choose what goes on top.

The Raw Deal

As raw food goes commercial, purists cry foul.

The Year in Food 2008

What we ate, what the candidates ate, what the Olympians ate.

The Iron Gate Inn Restaurant at 1734 N St. NW is a favorite of mine. Mediterranean cuisine served at quiet tables by a crackling fireplace in winter and in an outdoor garden in summer. Great lamb dishes and amazing desserts...

I’m so loving this thread. Especially because there’s a pompous, snobby poster on a different board who, of course, dresses better than anyone, has the best table manners, drinks the most expensive wines. It’s...

I’ve read that, when amongst close friends or family, at a non-highend restaurant, it’s ok to apply lipstick, without a mirror, at the table. That said, it’s not something I’m inclined to do.

Chef’s Table is prepared according to each guests' specifications, a $500 room charge will apply in addition to the cost of food and beverage. Reservations are required." sounds great but no way can I afford that. The hubby...

, if a restaurant isn’t popular, none of this applies. If there’s no crowd waiting to be seated, sit around all evening, by all means. But if your lingering is depriving other hungry folks of good food, you have no...

Jerry Seinfeld’s wife, Jessica, talks up her new cookbook on Oprah.

Odd, the worst table isn’t on the covered patio area, it’s right next to the door that leads to it.... I’ve sat there, it’s actually not a bad table at all. It offers a nice view of the room. And yes, the...

Their corkage fee, generally, is applied every night but Thursday. Thursday night is free corkage. My husband handled the money the last time we did the ‘Feed us till we are rolling out the door’ at the Chef’s...

I heard that if you reserve a table in a restaurant in paris and possibly elsewhere in france, you are entitled to that table for the evening? so if you arrive late, you don’t lose the table. is this true? what are the...

, my fil will go first and take 1/2 of what is on the plate. My mil insists on applying her makeup at the table...I know there are two schools of thought on that...I think you should go to the ladies room. I could go on and on...