Is Carbonated Water Bad for You?

It depends on the water in question.

Will Mayonnaise Give Me Food Poisoning?

Warning! Potentially massive picnic hazard.

Is Store-Bought Ice More Germy than Homemade Ice?

Frozen germs are still germs.

How Does Packaged Guacamole Stay Green?

You have to tame a certain enzyme.

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.

Viva Sous-Vide!

The controversial French practice of cooking vacuum-sealed food at low temperatures yields stellar results.

Mapping the Mustache

CHOW’s milk taste test.

Way Beyond Salad Dressing

Or, how to use vinegar and citrus in your cooking to punch up flavors.

A Cheese Primer

CHOW’s guide to the major cheese types.

Get to Know Bison

Your questions answered.

When you buy a bottle of Coca-Cola, you expect it to be bottled at a Coca-Cola distributor and not be a rinsed-out “genuine Coca-Cola bottle” filled with a “cola-like carbonated beverage."

opposite of the direction in which the industry should be headed to satisfy American consumers and to keep domestic chocolate sales up. If anything, the CMA and FDA should make domestic chocolate manufacturing standards more...

As of this morning’s news, the FDA has approved ‘cloned beef’ for sale at your local market...soon to be followed by restaurant kitchens. This is an historic change in the ‘food basket’ as we know...

One of These Waters Is Not Like the Others

Yet another reason to dislike bottled water: Its safety standards are less formidable than those of tap water.