Italian Ice Cream Trance State

This week’s mission: fake fancy mac ’n' cheese, and real fancy gelato.

Race to the Bottom

Is Charles Shaw Chardonnay the triumph-despite-adversity fairy tale of the wine world?

Feats of Strength at the Cocktail Competition

Tasting 150 liquors in two days at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition.

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.

Diet Shake Showdown

This week’s mission: new healthy granola bars and a decent diet shake.

Dizzy Greens

The best salad spinners.

Dinner with a Tightwad

Should you augment a bad tip, and how?

Ultimate Boy Toy

Meat slicers can create dramatic cuts at home for a little more than the cost of a good knife.

Foams: Not Dead Yet

Uncool in restaurants, foams at home are fun.

Wood's Poor Cousin

CHOW reviews the best plastic cutting boards.

Bistronomics 101

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

No Shame in the Garlic Press

The best garlic presses.

Stir It Up

CHOW tests mixing bowls that won’t slip, chip, or break.

Tony Bourdain Would Pimp for Prada

The No Reservations star shares his plans, real and imagined.

10 Ways to Smuggle Booze into Events

Crazy devices and contraptions.