10 Good Cheap Liquors

Tips from the experts on the best values in booze.

Añejo Tequila Is a Hoax

Why drink an agave liquor if you can’t taste the agave?

Pimp My Dive

CHOW’s ultimate product guide for furnishing your dive bar.

Go for Seconds First

Winemakers charge less for their second-label wines, but the wines are often just as good.

Times Are Changing for Languedoc

Next-generation quality wines.

Fancy Tonic Water Not Worth the Fancy Price

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

Winter 2008 Gift Guide

There’s never been a better time to give.

King Cocktail Speaks

Dale DeGroff on his new book and the perils of mixology.

Bogus Butter Bake-Off

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

Know Your Peppers

CHOW’s visual guide to chile peppers.

The Cocktail Staycation

Armchair travel is a lot more fun with a few drinks.

That Heady Molecular Mixology

When a tail should really just be a tail.

Perfect Summer Reds

Not summer whites or summer rosés.

Whole-Wheat Pasta Taste Test

Healthy sacrifice or tasty alternative?

Will Eating Luna Bars Make a Guy Grow Breasts?

Nutrition bar versus training bra.