Booze-Flavored Munchies

This week’s mission: potato chips flavored like beer and Bloody Marys, and fancier M&M’s. (By James Norton)

Secrets of the Chip Aisle

The differences between “kettle-cooked” and standard potato chips; olestra and MSG. (By Barb Stuckey)

Chips rake in $6 billion in annual sales, but snack mavens continue to do whatever it takes to sell even more bags. (By Kara Zuaro)

A New Healthy Chip Concept

This week’s mission: Wish-Bone dressing with chunks, and healthier “popped” potato chips. (By James Norton)

Corn Chips Cause Joyous Weeping

This week’s mission: gourmet corn snacks. (By James Norton)

Whole Grains with Flavor

Or a grain of barley, or couscous, or anything whole and wholesome. (By Nicole Spiridakis)

Cheesy Chips Mellow Out

This week’s mission: A subtler take on a corn chip favorite, and a terrific “natural” fruit drink. (By James Norton)

Perfect Potato Salad

Creative takes on this classic side dish just in time for picnic season.

Garden Harvest Toasted Chips and Hemp Bliss Organic Hempmilk

This week’s mission: Quasi-healthy chips containing fruit, and nondairy “milk” that tastes like rancid nuts. (By James Norton)

Clay Potatoes and Olive Pit Fuel

Observations from Madrid Fusión 2008. (By Aida Mollenkamp)

Joyless, Sullen Brown Brick

This week’s mission: healthy candy bars and high-end Pringles. (By James Norton)

Fancy Tonic Water Not Worth the Fancy Price

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

Bagel Felony

This week’s mission: Healthier rice/potato chips and cream cheese–filled bagel cylinders. (By James Norton)

The Secret's in the Spice Mix

National heritages hinge on these exact blends. (By Jason Horn)

Mysteries of Tempeh Revealed

This week’s mission: a seasoned meat substitute, and fancified potato buds. (By James Norton)