Moktoberfest!

CHOW throws our version of Oktoberfest: Moktoberfest! All the great beers, but better food.

Deck the Halls with Beer

Holiday brews cheer the American beer market.

Candy's Black Sheep

Salty, medicinal black licorice won’t satisfy your sweet tooth, but you might like it anyway.

To See a World in a Grain of Dry Ice

Does Chef Heston Blumenthal really find perfection?

Summer 2007 Gift Guide

Everyone loves a giver.

Winter 2008 Gift Guide

There’s never been a better time to give.

Summer 2009 Gift Guide

All your warm-weather gifting needs met.

Modern Florence

Beyond David and the duomo.

The Year in Food 2007

Vegansexuals, tainted dog food, greenwashing, and more.

Sorry—I don’t know what happened—tried to write a message but instead it posted as empty. I was at Tysons Corner on Saturday and was pleased to find that CakeLove is now there. Since I’ve read about, I have...

. Also, Dad wants me to get a cake from Cakelove bakery on U street. He’d a prof. baker and can be v. critical of stuff. Any experience/recommendations w.CakeLove? THANKS!

Attention CakeLove and cafe fans: I was very happy to find a week ago that CakeLove's new cafe, Love Cafe, has opened directly across the street from the CakeLove bakery on U St. It’s been open about a month now, although it...

Wrong. Try again. To quote Raymond Chandler, Cakelove’s products are "dryer than the ashes of love." Now, if your idea of a tasty cupcake is a mouthful of sweetened ash, Cakelove is your place. The cake slices in plastic...

and tastes vaguely authentically Italian... Italian Love Cake 1 box fudge marble cake mix 2 lbs. ricotta cheese 3/4 c. sugar 4 eggs 1 t. vanilla 1 box instant chocolate pudding 1 c. milk 1 carton (8ox whipped topping) Mix cake as...

Leftover cake, frozen that is. We get wonderful cakes from my local bakery for birthdays, etc and freeze leftovers. We then eat them frozen. Early favorite was chocolate cake filled with chocolate mousse and frosted with whipped...