The CHOW 13

Our first annual awards, presenting a baker’s dozen of provocateurs, trendsetters, and rabble-rousers.

Joyless, Sullen Brown Brick

This week’s mission: healthy candy bars and high-end Pringles.

Flaky Cinnamon Twists and Breakfast Cookies

This week’s mission: Pillsbury cinnamon buns in a new shape, and an allegedly giant cookie to start your day.

10 Ways to Save at the Grocery Store

How to stretch your food dollars.

Deli Creations and Salad Spritzers

This week’s mission: personally assembled fake deli sandwiches and the Binaca of salad dressing.

Masters of the Bean

Today’s coffee connoisseurs want to be on a first-name basis with their roaster. They want to know not only which country the beans came from but which region, or even which “estate.” They obsess over freshness and brew time and...

Will It Save My Life?

CHOW reveals just how good for you superfoods really are.

The Raw Deal

As raw food goes commercial, purists cry foul.

Curry by the Book

In search of a true spice education from a new Indian cookbook.

That Coffee's Rotten

And other fermentation facts.

The New Kitchen Staples

Your pantry is bare unless these 10 items sit on its shelves. They’ve achieved post-food-fad status.

Craptails

The 10 worst drink concepts of all time.

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.

10 Food Moments from "The Office"

From Christmas goose roadkill to staplers encased in Jell-O, some of our favorite food-related incidents from the show.

The Spice That Binds

A vanilla primer.