Valentine's Day Breakfast in Bed

Make ahead so you can make out.

Make Your Own Chinese Takeout

This week’s mission: Chinese chicken kits, and a breakfast croissant with apples and hash browns.

A Fourth of July Dinner

The fennel sliced up so fair, the tri-tip roasting in air.

Thanksgiving-Hopping

Is it OK to hit two dinners in one night?

Thoroughbred Dishes and Cocktails for Kentucky Derby Day

Ponies race, you eat.

Raiding Harrison Ford's Liquor Cabinet

Table 8’s Govind Armstrong still makes time for friends (and mischief).

Viva Sous-Vide!

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

Dinner with Mr. and Mrs. McPerfect

How to deal with tense dinner party hosts.

That Heady Molecular Mixology

When a tail should really just be a tail.

10 Super Bowl Party Shortcuts

Less time cooking means more time for beer and TV.

Palate Tease

Sheila Lukins and Julee Rosso talk about life before arugula and The Silver Palate Cookbook, 25 years later.

Take Your Lunch to Work: Beans

One package of white beans; five easy, varied, and quick lunches.

Stir It Up

CHOW tests mixing bowls that won’t slip, chip, or break.

Nibbles and Sips

Our low-hassle, high-payoff tail party.

Mistakes Were Made

And lessons learned—25 tips from new cooks.