Who Makes Trader Joe's Food?

A taste test to try to figure out who is behind Trader Joe’s food. (By Bernice Yeung)

What Is Liquid Smoke?

Tastes more substantial than it sounds. (By Roxanne Webber)

Fork on the Left, Knife on the Floor

Designers reinvent the table setting. (By Michele Foley)

Big-Time Barbecue

Ray Lampe, a.k.a. Dr. BBQ, offers up doctor’s orders for perfect summer grilling. (By Andrew Sessa)

Build Your Own Burrito Bar

Bring your local taqueria home, dress it up, and throw it a party.

Emergency Entertaining

Entertain in an instant with these 12 staples. (By Ari Weinzweig)

Going Pear-Shaped

Why do pears seem to have missed the heirloom train? (By Traci Vogel)

Tips on Deep-Frying

What sort of oil to use, and what to do with it when you’re done. (By Jason Horn)

Film Feast

The nominees for best food scene in a movie are ... (By CHOW staff)

Stack Your Salad (And Other Plating Tips)

An interview with chef Christopher Styler, author of "Working the Plate." (By Lessley Anderson)

Hold the Cream of Mushroom Soup

From Bismarck to St. Paul to Madison, new high-end restaurants are embracing such local cuisine as fried walleye and wild-rice porridge. Call it the birth of northwoods chic. (By James Norton)

If It Ain't Dark, It Ain't Chocolate

The gourmet chocolate trend has spawned dark-chocolate snobs. (By Lessley Anderson and James Norton)

Mapping the Mustache

CHOW’s milk taste test. (By Lessley Anderson)

The Colonel's Got Competition

Great eats in Louisville, Kentucky. (By Jane Goldman)

Return of the Oysters

Oyster aquaculture may help save the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem. (By Laurie Jones)