Linguine with Clams and Chorizo

Spicy chorizo and tiny clams in a tangle of noodles.

Poached Pear and Blue Cheese Salad

Pears poached in a spiced red-wine vinaigrette lift this classic salad from standard to stellar.

Summer Fruit Pies

Twists on old favorites make for new classics.

Snackie Cakes

Our own versions of cellophane-wrapped classics allow you to make your own old-fashioned treats.

From the Alps to Your Apéritif

tails made with elderflower.

Booze-Flavored Munchies

This week’s mission: potato chips flavored like beer and Bloody Marys, and fancier M&M’s.

Instant Milk Shakes Ride Again

This week’s mission: kiddie fruit snacks by the makers of an energy bar and instant shake-and-drink milk shakes.

Fancy Tonic Water Not Worth the Fancy Price

This week’s mission: fancy-pants imported tonic water and chips made from slow-baked fruit.

A Classy Drunk

Decades-old tails get resurrected— with a twist— in the country’s most fashionable bars.

Things to Do with Stale Bread

Ten uses for an old loaf of bread, from thickening gazpacho to soaking up the Grand Marnier in grown-up French toast

Sexy Pink Tequila

This week’s mission: a healthier mass-market peanut butter and reposado tequila flavored with hibiscus flower.

Bringing Bitters Back

Give your home bar a backbone with homemade bitters.

What's That Coconut Doing in My M&M's?

This week’s mission: new flavor twists on classic candies.

Bistronomics 101

French chef Iñaki Aizpitarte proves that you don’t need a trust fund to afford haute cuisine.

Time for School Lunch

Meals for making your mark on the blacktop.