A Watched Pot Never Boils

With these electric kettles, boiling water has never been so easy, quick, or precise.

The Scoop

Unusual tools for scooping and presenting ice cream.

I Ordered Wrong

Is it OK to send restaurant dishes back to the kitchen when you simply don’t like the taste?

10 Food Feuds

Is there nothing original in food anymore?

A Slice of "Perfection"

An excerpt from Chef Heston Blumenthal’s "In Search of Perfection."

Strained and Drained

Tools for getting the most out of your food.

The Business of Fun

Marco Pierre White is sometimes a slave, sometimes a devil.

Foams: Not Dead Yet

Uncool in restaurants, foams at home are fun.

Milk Chocolate Crêpe Terrine

Heaven for crêpe-lovers, this terrine layers chocolate sauce and crêpes.

Please Bring an Elaborate Dessert

What’s the right answer to "Can I bring anything?"

Why Would Anybody Want to Eat Old Meat?

Just because it’s aged doesn’t mean it’s rotten.

You Can Get a Bad Meal in Rome

Here’s what we’re looking for: charm, authenticity, local ingredients, moderate prices. And while most Roman restaurants look perfect from the outside, watch out for these telltale signs.

Salty, Dark, Distinctive

All soy sauces are not created equal.

Vile, Terrible, Nasty, and Ugly

CHOW talks to A. A. Gill about the business of reviewing restaurants, organics as a style statement, and the dark evil of Starbucks.

The Spice That Binds

A vanilla primer.