10 Food-Related Charities

Put your money toward gifts that benefit good causes.

Slow Food Nation's Victory Garden

Fight bad food policy by growing your own.

Who Makes Trader Joe's Food?

A taste test to try to figure out who is behind Trader Joe’s food.

Baked Ziti with Prosciutto

Buttery breadcrumbs provide a nice crunchy crust to balance the creaminess of the sauce.

10 Reasons Why Whole Foods Is Annoying

For example: carob-glazed doughnut holes.

Smoked Salmon Tea Sandwiches

Lovely as a tea sandwich or on its own.

Easy Pain au Chocolat

A quick take on the French classic made by filling store-bought croissants with hazelnut spread.

Green Your Hangover

This week’s mission: An ecofriendly vodka gift pack and some meatless taco and burger mixes.

What to Drink in 2009

Anticipating a year of wine and booze discoveries.

Vile, Terrible, Nasty, and Ugly

CHOW talks to A. A. Gill about the business of reviewing restaurants, organics as a style statement, and the dark evil of Starbucks.

Oh, that Eau!

Old-world fruit brandy gets Americanized.

What Is Mineral Oil?

And do you have to squeeze rocks to get it?

Please Do Not Eat the Displays

Kitschy food museums cater to discriminating tastes.

The Taste of an Oyster

Plus a dozen oysters you should know.

The Business of Fun

Marco Pierre White is sometimes a slave, sometimes a devil.