Does Gum Really Take Seven Years to Digest?

It sounds like a digestive impossibility.

Chewing Gum Arms Race

This week’s mission: a green tea cure-all and gum with a one-two flavor punch.

You'd Better Be Anorexic

Is eating really slow rude to your fellow diners?

On the Hunt for Wild Yeast

Chatting with home fermentation expert Sandor Ellix Katz.

10 Japanese Sweets

Venture beyond M&M’s.

What the Hell Is Ice Cream Soft Candy?

This week’s mission: Down-market candy gets a makeover, and a really bad idea for brand extension.

Country Breakfast Burrito and Hot Tamales Ice

This week’s mission: a burrito containing everything but pancakes, and a mint revamp of an old-school candy.

Secrets of the Chip Aisle

The differences between “kettle-cooked” and standard potato chips; olestra and MSG.

Hangover Helpers

You can fix the headache and wooziness, but you can’t take back what you said to your Aunt Mavis.

10 Exotic Sweeteners

Go beyond white sugar.

The Taste of an Oyster

Plus a dozen oysters you should know.

Danger: Food Present

Food allergies are on the rise and on the mind.

Make Your Own Baby Food

CHOW tested, baby approved.

The Raw Deal

As raw food goes commercial, purists cry foul.

The CHOW 13

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