Actress in the Kitchen

An interview with Madhur Jaffrey. (By Laura Neilson)

Kitchen Confessional

Reading Nigel Slater’s diaries. (By Sara Dickerman)

Building the Ultimate Green Kitchen

CHOW’s ecoconscious remodel guide. (By Michele Foley)

Formaggio Kitchen

I’ll take one of each, please.

Kitchen Timers

Keep food from burning, in style. (By Michele Foley)

Surgery in the Kitchen

Tiny tools help with obsessive details. (By Louisa Chu)

Hamburgers and Sausages from Scratch

The best home meat grinders. (By Louisa Chu)

The New Hippie Kitchen

Cooking the iconoclast way, in yurts, tepees, and more. (By Lessley Anderson and Roxanne Webber)

The New Kitchen Staples

Your pantry is bare unless these 10 items sit on its shelves. They’ve achieved post-food-fad status. (By Steven Jenkins)

10 Kitchen Hazards

Safety tips you might not have heard about. (By Roxanne Webber)

Stocking the Minimalist Kitchen

Ban clutter: All you need are these 10 basic tools. (By Aida Mollenkamp and Regan Burns)

Get Out of the Kitchen

A Top Chef ’cues her way right off the show.

DIY Kitchen Fixes

Five practical fixes to save space and beautify your kitchen. (By Lessley Anderson, Michele Foley, Chris Rochelle, and Eric Slatkin)

Meal Kits: From Good to Worse

This week’s mission: Just add chicken to two different premade dinners. (By James Norton)

How to Keep Guests Out of the Kitchen

And understand why they’re in there to begin with. (By Lessley Anderson)