Microwave Bean-and-Cheese Burrito Taste Test

Food or foe?

Celebrities and Portable Microwaves

Products we loved at the International Home & Housewares Show.

Why Does Cheese Get Rubbery when Melted in the Microwave?

Keep it creamy and soft by following a few simple tips.

Cream Cheese and Chive Scramble with Prosciutto

Creamy eggs tucked into a prosciutto package.

CHOW Bagel

The ultimate crackly, chewy bagel.

Ersatz Papalote Salsa

Better than the best.

Shelf-Stable Chicken in Kool-Aid Sauce

This week’s mission: low-cal, assemble-it-yourself convenience food and wannabe Italian dinners.

College Cooks Gone Wild!

Crème brûlée in the microwave and other desperate dorm-room tricks.

Special Moments with Grim Gruel

This week’s mission: personality-based soft drinks and microwave baked desserts.

Ordering Off the Kids' Menu

Can grown-ups get little burgers?

How Green Is Your Takeaway Container?

Which takeaway containers are the most (and least) green?

Do Let Them Eat Cake

What— and how— to feed the homeless.

A Better Bottled Coffee Drink

This week’s mission: fancy frozen pasta and bottled milky-coffee treats.

Counter Measures

Ten ways to green your kitchen.

Maps and Mash

Google maps plus food equals a cartographic cornucopia.