Destination: Twin Cities Crawl

Well fed and hung over at the 2008 Republican National Convention. (By James Norton)

Is Saving Tables Wrong?

On throwing down a jacket while you wait in line. (By Helena Echlin)

New Species of Cracker Discovered!

This week’s mission: ritzy granola and crunchy focaccia sticks. (By James Norton)

Beyond Uncle Ben's

A rice primer. (By Juliette Guilbert and CHOW staff)

Are Brown and White Sugar Interchangeable when Baking?

If you can be a little flexible about the texture of your baked goods. (By Roxanne Webber)

See Recipe on Back

Concoctions cribbed off the back of a box that are good enough to pass as your own. (By Aida Mollenkamp)

Pack Your Knives and Go

Cooking vacations that steer clear of the tourist traps. (By Sheila Scarborough)

Mole in the Mountains

A gastronomic adventure in Xalapa, Mexico. (By Mick Vann)

The Year in Food 2008

What we ate, what the candidates ate, what the Olympians ate.

Educating customers and employees. (By Meredith Arthur)

Dana B’s pastry crawl through eight of the city’s new (less than a year old) bakeries yielded a few top picks… (By C. Thi Nguyen)

North Hollywood has a surprising variety of ethnic bakeries, and Das Ubergeek is your self-appointed guide. (By Cicely Wedgeworth)

Pasteleria La Mixteca is a very, very good Mexican bakery. There’s product coming out of the oven all day long. (By C. Thi Nguyen)

As Manhattan’s ever-shifting Chinatown creeps north and east, it leaves a trail of bao and buns. (By Mark Hokoda)

The best cheese strudels, the best scones, the best pasties, and the best Irish jalapeño focaccia. (By C. Thi Nguyen)