Does Cooking Alcohol Really Burn It All Off?

More booze, more flavor.

Does the Grapefruit Diet Work?

The citrus isn’t a magic weight-loss cure, as you might have guessed.

Will Rice and Dry Beans Last Forever?

It’s all about proper storage.

Worth the Search

Apricots from Turkey, beef from Japan — are the harder-to-track-down, usually imported ingredients any better than the more widely available versions?

Opening Night at the Eat-O-Plex

Can pizza and beer save the movies?

Brains, Intestines, Pizzle

It’s what’s for dinner.

Outta the Back of a Truck

Some of the best food in Salinas, California, is found on the street. Why would the city take it away?

The Raw Deal

As raw food goes commercial, purists cry foul.

Even Real Cooks Cheat Sometimes

This week’s mission: frozen food with highfalutin notions.

Is Store-Bought Ice More Germy than Homemade Ice?

Frozen germs are still germs.

Strip Club Eats

Ten gentlemen’s lounges with good food. Seriously.

Masters of the Bean

Today’s coffee connoisseurs want to be on a first-name basis with their roaster. They want to know not only which country the beans came from but which region, or even which “estate.” They obsess over freshness and brew time and...

Automatic Hand Washers

High-tech gear from the 2007 National Restaurant Association Show.

10 Meads You Should Try

It’s not just for jousting tournaments anymore.

But I Only Have Plastic

How restaurants should handle "cash only."