Meal Kits: From Good to Worse

This week’s mission: Just add chicken to two different premade dinners.

Farm-to-Table Trend Hits Campbell's

This week’s mission: social-climbing canned soup and frozen burritos.

Instant Milk Shakes Ride Again

This week’s mission: kiddie fruit snacks by the makers of an energy bar and instant shake-and-drink milk shakes.

Healthy Butter That Actually Tastes Good

This week’s mission: melted white chocolate dessert sauce and butter with olive oil.

A Plunge into Cheesy Lava Sauce

This week’s mission: a health-conscious Dunkin' Donuts offering, and a hot new Taco Bell item.

Tea Parties Must Make a Comeback

Economical, festive, and good for Sundays.

Hamburgers and Sausages from Scratch

The best home meat grinders.

Pastry Puffs That Look Catered

This week’s mission: pseudo-elegant frozen pastry bites, and Wheat Thins with more fiber.

New Species of Cracker Discovered!

This week’s mission: ritzy granola and crunchy focaccia sticks.

Microwave Bean-and-Cheese Burrito Taste Test

Food or foe?

What's That Coconut Doing in My M&M's?

This week’s mission: new flavor twists on classic candies.

Another Bad Attempt at a Diet Dessert

This week’s mission: a prefab, low-cal sundae, and pear-apple juice.

Pop Open Some Sake

What to drink with our New Year’s mochi menu.

You Can Get a Bad Meal in Rome

Here’s what we’re looking for: charm, authenticity, local ingredients, moderate prices. And while most Roman restaurants look perfect from the outside, watch out for these telltale signs.

Italian Chefs Won't Weep

This week’s mission: frozen Italian dinners and microbrewed sodas.