Future on Ice

Defrosting the history of the fridge. (By Eric Slatkin)

Building the Ultimate Green Kitchen

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

Oh, that Eau!

Old-world fruit brandy gets Americanized. (By Jordan Mackay)

Check out the recipes to eat like a president. (By Kate Ramos)

The AP reports on a fungus that threatens much of the world’s vanilla crop. (By James Norton)

Burger King’s new “Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy”: funny, but not fast-food-oriented. (By Kara Zuaro)

Research and development at Heinz. (By Tea Austen Weaver)

Maryland considers becoming the next state to allow raw milk sales. (By Miriam Wolf)

Researchers have figured out how the average omnivore can extend her life span. The secret: isotope-enhanced food. (By Christy Harrison)

Magnetic induction brings instant heat to your stovetop. (By Kara Zuaro)

Why does mainstream restaurant coverage always get vegetarianism so wrong? (By Miriam Wolf)

It’s so obvious, but here goes: Has Padma told Salman to pack his knives and go? (By Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic)

Crispy calamari, kare-kare, silogs, and chicken fresh out of the fryer: Filipino home cooking around L.A. (By Cicely Wedgeworth)

The original La Serenata definitely has street cred, being right across the street from Mariachi Plaza in East L.A., but also gourmet cachet as one of the few, and probably the oldest, upscale Mexican restaurants in town. If... (By C. Thi Nguyen)