Marital Problems

Episode 9: Catering a wedding proves too much responsibility for one Top Chef.

Padma Breaks Up the Band

Episode 8: Musical talent does not a Top Chef make.

Improvisation, Sexual Innuendo, and Croutons

Episode 7: A ménage à trois turns off the judges.

Peas Pack Your Knives and Go

Episode 13: Al dente legumes trip up the latest Top Chef hopeful.

Botched Lunch

Episode 10: One Top Chef goes against the grain.

Hot Spring in Paris

An interview with Daniel Rose, the American chef of the most buzzed-about restaurant in Paris.

Farewell to Hydrocolloids

Chef Alex Stupak’s Mexican food dreams.

What Should I Drink?

Food and drink go well together. Or do they?

Cuban Christmas Feast

From Miami chef Randy Zweiban.

Not Just for Taco Seasoning Anymore

Cumin gets white tablecloth treatment.

Try Mezcal Again

It used to be that mezcal was thought of as a poor man’s tequila. No more. Great mezcal is now being imported into the United States.

"By the Way, I'm Vegan"

When diners drop the dietary bomb, chefs must work magic.

Gilt-Free Cooking

CHOW interviews bad-boy chef Paul Liebrandt, recently let go from NYC’s Gilt restaurant, now striking out on his own.

Fashionable Food: Sausage-Stuffed Dates

Who’s making it and how you can make it yourself.

Tie One On

Our product columnist finds the best aprons.