Crap on a "Top Chef" Plate

Is ousted chef Carlos the most decent person on reality TV?

Drunk on Recycling

Can you ask guests to bring their own cups? (By Helena Echlin)

Winter 2006 Gift Guide

Give like you’ve never given before.

Typical hippie cuisine is heavy on bulgur and low on flavor. The guiding principals seem to be ethical rather than aesthetic, and the result tends to be a sort of vegan, organic, fair-trade plate of barely-edible crap. Not so... (By C. Thi Nguyen)

Can the contents of your dinner plate tell you if the chef was a man or a woman? (By Tea Austen Weaver)

People are getting their restaurant reviews and gossip from sources other than newspaper critics, says the San Francisco Chronicle wistfully. Really?? Maybe we’re onto something with this website thing. (By Joyce Slaton)

Does catering to a child’s food issues create a finicky eater? Will cutting the crusts off sandwiches lead to weight issues and an unadventurous palate? Some think so. (By Tea Austen Weaver)

But at least we found a place to eat scrambled eggs. (By Joshua M. Bernstein)

Exploring upstate New York for culinary treasures, Jim finds both surprises and the unsurprising. (By Jim Leff)

Any breakfast that includes mashed potatoes can’t be all bad. And while nothing at Stephen Foster Restaurant (503 W. Stephen Foster Avenue, Bardstown, Kentucky; 502-348-5076) will light your heart on fire, I did find their... (By Jim Leff)