CHOW Tip

How to Use the Lemon and Hot Towel You're Given in Restaurants

Squeeze the lemon onto the towel, not your hand.

CHOW Tip

How to Zest and Juice a Lemon

Get more juice by rolling.

Cooking with Grandma

Cooking with Grandma Irma

Grandson Caleb helps Irma prepare brisket for Passover. (By Meredith Arthur, Eric Slatkin, and Blake Smith)

Feature

About Aïda Mollenkamp

CHOW's food editor launches her TV show.

Supertaster

Lazy Man's Panini

This week’s mission: three brands of frozen, microwavable panini. (By James Norton)

Feature

Start to Finish: Thanksgiving Dinner for Six

Behind the scenes of a meal in progress. (By Eric Slatkin and Blake Smith)

The Perfect

The Perfect Pesto

As chosen by Marcia Gagliardi of Tablehopper.com. (By Meredith Arthur, Eric Slatkin, and Blake Smith)

Supertaster

Huffable Chocolate

This week’s mission: no-calorie powdered chocolate in an asthma inhaler–type device. (By James Norton)

Supertaster

Snackable Bacteria

This week’s mission: a kiddie yogurt snack you can drink. (By James Norton)

CHOW Tip

Guide to Mexican Dried Chiles

Learn about them, love them, eat them.

The Perfect

The Perfect Sazerac

With H. Joseph Ehrmann of Elixir. (By Meredith Arthur, Blake Smith, and Roxanne Webber)

CHOW Tip

How to Toast Dried Chiles

Intensify that warm chile flavor.

Cooking with Grandma

Cooking with Grandma Alvina

Granddaughter Alyssa helps out with Burmese prawn curry and coconut rice. (By Meredith Arthur, Eric Slatkin, and Blake Smith)

Feature

How to Set Up Your Room for an Oscar Party

Roll out the red carpet for your friends. (By Meredith Arthur, Jeremy LaCroix, and Eric Slatkin)

CHOW Tip

How to Remove the Pit from an Avocado

And get the good stuff out easily.