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...

10 Good Cheap Liquors

Tips from the experts on the best values in booze.

Zinfandel's Not the Ugly American

That loud, blowzy wine gets tamed.

Preparty Hardy

CHOW talks with the "Commissioner of Tailgating."

Hamburgers and Sausages from Scratch

The best home meat grinders.

Old Beer Is New Again

Aging suds in oak casks comes back in style.

As Seen on TV

Television characters and the food they eat.

College Cooks Gone Wild!

Crème brûlée in the microwave and other desperate dorm-room tricks.

Good Label, Bad Wine

CHOW tastes wines with great labels and discovers the duds.

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.

Slow Food Nation's Victory Garden

Fight bad food policy by growing your own.

Our Maine Man

Sam Hayward of Fore Street on unpretentious, unctuous eats.

Playing Favorites

The all-time classic Chowhound threads.

Palate Tease

Sheila Lukins and Julee Rosso talk about life before arugula and The Silver Palate Cookbook, 25 years later.

Outta the Back of a Truck

Some of the best food in Salinas, California, is found on the street. Why would the city take it away?