You Want Fries on That?

Hold the ketchup and try one of these twists on the old familiar french fry. (By Kathryn Hawkins)

They Eat Horses, Don't They?

Much of the world sees horse as a delicacy. Much of the world gets its horsemeat from America. Yet Americans won’t touch it. (By Nicholas Day)

French-Fried Nirvana

CHOW reviews two great pieces of deep-frying equipment for the home chef. (By Louisa Chu)

A West Sonoma Road Trip

Tasting rooms and dining rooms in our favorite slice of Northern California wine country. (By Lessley Anderson)

Destination: Twin Cities Crawl

Well fed and hung over at the 2008 Republican National Convention. (By James Norton)

Markt, a Belgian-style brasserie, hits the mark with its lobster, moules frites, and French toast. (By Mark Hokoda)

The much-discussed Oinkster, chef Andre Guerrero’s “slow fast food” restaurant, has finally opened in Eagle Rock. Those who beat a path to its door report disappointment with what they get for their money, but... (By C. Thi Nguyen)

Where can you find Korean fried chicken–twice-fried for maximum crunch, like Belgian frites? (By Cicely Wedgeworth)

Loreley, the Lower East Side biergarten, makes near-faultless fries–crisp, super-thin, and seemingly greaseless, sighs pkallan. (By C. Thi Nguyen)

An Australian-style gastropub called Sheep Station has turned up improbably in Park Slope’s western outback of auto shops and tire stores. “I’m totally loving this place,” raves pitu, who has enjoyed... (By C. Thi Nguyen)

I intend to finish off this leg of the tour with several days in Montreal, one of the world’s best food cities. Here’s what I wrote about Montreal a few years ago … (By Jim Leff)

Boulangerie Zaatar (151 rue de Castelnau Est, Montreal, Quebec; 514-274-4775) may be the find of the week. To all appearances, it’s a generic little Middle Eastern bakery. The owner, a sad-eyed older Lebanese gentleman,... (By Jim Leff)

Sometimes the biggest finds are obvious places that are undervalued by locals. No one in Portland doesn’t know Bill’s Pizza (177 Commercial St., Portland, Maine; 207-774-6166). But no one in Portland seems to fully... (By Jim Leff)