Wood's Poor Cousin

CHOW reviews the best plastic cutting boards.

Mixto Is for Losers

With flavors that vary widely from bright and citrusy to aged and smoky, tequila is fun to taste-test, to discover which you like best. But there are a few things you should know before you get started.

We All Scream

Some of the best and worst ice cream makers.

Eat Your Greens

Veggie-phile cookbooks for carnivores and vegetarians alike.

Fewer than 1100

1080 Recipes offers a view into Spanish home cooking.

Celebrities and Portable Microwaves

Products we loved at the International Home & Housewares Show.

How to Grow Herbs Indoors

Easy? Maybe not. Rewarding? Hell yeah.

Future on Ice

Defrosting the history of the fridge.

The Strategic Wedding Registry

CHOW’s guide to creating a wedding gift registry you’ll love.

Buenos Aires: Faded Elegance, High Design

Buenos Aires’s up-and-coming San Telmo neighborhood.

We are about to start a kitchen renovation project and found some Schuler cabinets at Lowe’s that are in our price range. They are the Lowe’s version of Medallion cabinets. They looked like good value to me, but I...

Care to recommend your favorite compromise brands for decent tails on non special occasions? Martinis, daquiris, gimlets, margaritas, bloody marys, manhattans, negronis, cosmopolitans. For instance: Gin: Gilbey’s. Vodka:...

I know this a little off topic, but where might I be able to find decent standing liquor cabinets able to hold 80 – 120 bottles of spirits? I used to live in a place with sliding wall storage that I turned into a wall of...

My spice cabinet is out of control! What started as a corner of a cupboard has grown to ridiculous proportions, with spices taking over two shelves and overflowing onto the counter. They’re a major PITA to search through....

I am about to buy Ikea kitchen cabinets. I want an absolutely plain, flat design in non shiny white. In flat white there seem to be two choices: a painted finish (Applad) which is inexpensive or a foil finish (Solar) which is...