The Basics: How to Make Veggie Chili

Fast, healthy, and delicious.

Just Add Water

A taste test of dehydrated backpackers' chili. (By Michele Foley)

Soy Cheese That Isn't Hateful

This week’s mission: shelf-stable chili and fake cheese fragments. (By James Norton)

Is a Bell Pepper a Chile Pepper?

Usually only hot peppers are called chile peppers. (By Roxanne Webber)

2009 Presidential Inauguration Menu

Celebrate with food inspired by Barack Obama’s favorites.

Super Bowl for a Crowd

Tex-Mex-style game-day grub.

Enough with the Workplace Candy!

Is it OK to tell people to stop bringing in sweets? (By Helena Echlin)

Another Secretly High-Calorie Salad

This week’s mission: Cold meets hot on a lettuce bed, and a new fast-food breakfast. (By James Norton)

Steppin' Up Your Cheese Game

This week’s mission: frozen diet dinners featuring fruit, and classy cheese vehicles. (By James Norton)

10 Vegan Lunch Recipes

Main dishes and desserts to pack and go. (By Roxanne Webber)

Should You Put Hot Food in the Fridge?

We reveal the coolest way to let leftovers chill out. (By Alexander Lane)

As Seen on TV

Television characters and the food they eat. (By Joe DiStefano)

Decoding Diner Lingo

I’ll have a shingle with a shimmy and a shake in the alley. (By Kate Ramos)

You Want Fries on That?

Hold the ketchup and try one of these twists on the old familiar french fry. (By Kathryn Hawkins)

Terrible Tobiko

Tobiko and masago, the cheap fish roes on top of many sushi rolls, are far from fresh. (By Margot Kaminski)