Is Carbonated Water Bad for You?

It depends on the water in question.

Will Eating Luna Bars Make a Guy Grow Breasts?

Nutrition bar versus training bra.

Sexy Pink Tequila

This week’s mission: a healthier mass-market peanut butter and reposado tequila flavored with hibiscus flower.

An Espresso to Grind

Should you tip baristas, and if so, how much?

Building a Killer Wedding Bar

How to spend intelligently and offer great drinks.

10 Ways to Save at the Grocery Store

How to stretch your food dollars.

Tea Bags for Cocktails?

This week’s mission: frozen Italian meals with a reasonably healthy twist and tea bags for your mixed drink.

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...

Great Wine in Minutes!

Testing miracle wine enhancers.

Another Bad Attempt at a Diet Dessert

This week’s mission: a prefab, low-cal sundae, and pear-apple juice.

Fancy Tonic Water Not Worth the Fancy Price

This week’s mission: fancy-pants imported tonic water and chips made from slow-baked fruit.

Put Away the Darn Camera

How to politely photograph restaurant food.

Bogus Butter Bake-Off

This week’s mission: sticks of fake butter, and protein pimped by a famous doctor.

Get Healthy Real Easy

This week’s mission: two servings of vegetables in a powder and one in a soup.

Joyless, Sullen Brown Brick

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