Feature

Will This $20 Change Your Mind?

Bribing the host or hostess for a table. (By Helena Echlin)

Obsessives

Obsessives: Cookbook Peddler

If it’s a food book, Nach Waxman’s got it. (By Meredith Arthur and Eric Slatkin)

CHOW Tip

How to Make Limoncello

You only need three ingredients.

CHOW Tip

What's the Best Order of Cocktail Ingredients?

Should ice go last? Mixers first?

CHOW Tip

When Should You Use Cubed Versus Crushed Ice?

And what about cracked ice?

CHOW Tip

When Should You Shake Versus Stir Your Cocktail?

A. J. Rathbun answers the tough questions.

CHOW Tip

What's the Right Way to Shake a Cocktail?

Burning questions answered by A. J. Rathbun.

Obsessives

Obsessives: School Lunch Revolutionary

Ann Cooper wants your kid to eat well. (By Meredith Arthur, Eric Slatkin, and Blake Smith)

CHOW Tip

Should You Bargain at a Farmers' Market?

Haggling isn’t the American way.

Obsessives

Obsessives: Menuology

Rebecca Federman heads the largest public menu collection in the country. (By Meredith Arthur and Eric Slatkin)

Obsessives

Obsessives: Urban Farming

Novella Carpenter’s backyard is a pigsty. (By Meredith Arthur, Eric Slatkin, and Blake Smith)

CHOW Tip

How to Make Your Own Popsicles

Using, for example, mangoes and limes.

CHOW Tip

How to Hold a Wineglass

Hot little hands can ruin it.

CHOW Tip

Why Should You Use a Decanter?

You owe it to the wine.

CHOW Tip

How to Deal with Sediment in Wine

Illuminate the situation with a flashlight.