Time for School Lunch

Meals for making your mark on the blacktop.

Girls Who Hate Girly Drinks

Bad bartenders assume you’re wimpy.

Ultimate Boy Toy

Meat slicers can create dramatic cuts at home for a little more than the cost of a good knife.

Soylent Green Is People!

What sci-fi movies say about future food.

Will It Save My Life?

CHOW reveals just how good for you superfoods really are.

Indoor Composting Systems

Turn kitchen scraps into fertilizer with one of these kits.

How to Grill (Almost) Everything

Recipes to keep you fired up all summer long.

Masters of the Bean

Today’s coffee connoisseurs want to be on a first-name basis with their roaster. They want to know not only which country the beans came from but which region, or even which “estate.” They obsess over freshness and brew time and...

Tips for Camping

Advice from a pro.

Wedding Cake Tips

Get the most for your money.

Mole in the Mountains

A gastronomic adventure in Xalapa, Mexico.

The CHOW 13

Our first annual awards, presenting a baker’s dozen of provocateurs, trendsetters, and rabble-rousers.

We fly all the time with a small insulated bag containing a “blue ice” pack (frozen) in our carryon, and have never had a problem. It sure makes for a nice breakfast or lunch of cheese, veggies and fruit! This might...

've brought deli sandwiches from NY, subs roast beef, and even fried clams from Boston, BBQ sandwiches from Kansas City, etc. The problem in flying out of San Francisco to the east is that most of the time I leave to early to pick...

into buying the quince past, and be somewhat disappointed by it – it’s a little, well, pasty. Next time I’ll have my cheese with fresh fruit instead… Still, glad I tried it. I’ll end this rambling with...