Mushrooms Will Save the World

And other findings from Taste^3^ 2007.

Thankful for Burgundy

It’s a special treat to taste these Thanksgiving-friendly wines in their true habitat.

Celebrity Gingerbread: Law and Order Edition

Memorialize your favorite big-shot hooligans in cookie form.

Waiters Refilling Wineglasses

Should they or shouldn’t they? The controversy continues.

Sangiovese, 100 Percent

The oft-maligned grape, with a little work, can make good wines.

BYO Whiners

With corkage fees, it’s a battle between diners and restaurateurs.

Age and Beauty

With mature wines bought at auction, you can have it both ways.

10 Little-Known Cheeses

Cheeses you probably don’t know about, but should.

What’s the Best Drink to Order in a Dive Bar?

Some safe bets when the liquor is sketchy.

A Real Summer Red

Lagrein is lively and peppery.

A New Healthy Chip Concept

This week’s mission: Wish-Bone dressing with chunks, and healthier “popped” potato chips.

How to Grow Herbs Indoors

Easy? Maybe not. Rewarding? Hell yeah.

Well-Preserved

New canning jars from Ball.

Feats of Strength at the Cocktail Competition

Tasting 150 liquors in two days at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition.

Chile Wises Up

It’s no longer a factory for inexpensive, imitative wines.