What Are Buffalo Wings?

Are they the clipped appendages of miniature flying bison? (By Melissa Wagenberg Lasher)

Slimy New KFC Menu Item

This week’s mission: KFC’s healthy-eatin' fiasco, and Arby’s upscale burger alternative. (By James Norton)

Trashy Breakfast Food Gets Seasonal

This week’s mission: summery toaster pastries and low-cal fruity soda. (By James Norton)

Spicy Holiday Cocktail Party

Rock it like it’s hot with this festive menu.

Kitchen Confessional

Reading Nigel Slater’s diaries. (By Sara Dickerman)

10 Reasons Why Whole Foods Is Annoying

For example: carob-glazed doughnut holes. (By Lessley Anderson)

Strip Club Eats

Ten gentlemen’s lounges with good food. Seriously. (By Eric Slatkin)

Modern Potluck

Feed a crowd with recipes from some of CHOW’s favorite chefs. (By Lessley Anderson)

My Summer Wine Love

This year, it’s Rueda. (By Jordan Mackay)

The New Stealth Vegetarian Restaurant

Meatless eateries strive to be crossover hits, catering to people who no longer see vegetarianism as a hippie lifestyle choice. (By Lessley Anderson)

Holiday Central

Recipes, menus, gifts, and entertaining tips for all your celebratory needs.

Four Bands, Four Barbecue Joints

A tour through the barbecue meccas of Chapel Hill, Memphis, Austin, and Kansas City, plus music.

Batali, High and Low

Mario Batali’s new cookbook, “Mario Tailgates NASCAR Style,” targets a different audience altogether. (By Sara Dickerman)

What to Eat at the Ballpark

Chowhound picks for the best food and drink at games across the country. (By Roxanne Webber)

The CHOW Guide to Eating and Drinking in Austin, SXSW edition

From Tex-Mex to high-end, CHOW brings you the best eating and drinking locations in Austin. (By CHOW staff)