Outing Ecoslackers

How do you change people’s recycling habits?

Drinking While Pregnant

Should you go on the wagon in solidarity with your pregnant spouse?

Experiments with Ham Powder

Lark’s Johnathan Sundstrom wins James Beard and gets edgy.

Thirsty Business

Who drinks on the job these days?

How to Talk Politics Over Dinner

The dos and don’ts of election conversations.

The Year in Food 2007

Vegansexuals, tainted dog food, greenwashing, and more.

Mushrooms Will Save the World

And other findings from Taste^3^ 2007.

Our Favorite Butchers

We go for the real meat, the sustainably farmed, humanely raised and slaughtered, heritage, no-hormone, quality product, and for guys behind the counter knowledgeable enough to tell us where the meat came from and how to cook it.

Brains, Intestines, Pizzle

It’s what’s for dinner.

Canned Beer That's Actually Good

Craft brewers see sense in cans.

Tasty Kosher Products

Kosherfest debuts chocolate liqueur and treats for doggies.

The CHOW 13

Our first annual awards, presenting a baker’s dozen of provocateurs, trendsetters, and rabble-rousers.

The Other Napa

What’s worth doing in the Napa Valley: a travel guide to the wine country.

Down-Home Prosciutto

The country ham is our native prosciutto or serrano, though most Southerners wouldn’t dream of throwing an uncooked leg on a deli slicer and shaving some to go with the asparagus. Most Northerners, meanwhile, have never heard of...

The Taste of an Oyster

Plus a dozen oysters you should know.