Chocolate Croissants and Peppermint Mocha Frap

This week’s mission: frozen pastry with magic rising power, and seasonal Frappuccino in a bottle.

His Knife Has Got Your Back

Butchers can do all kinds of things for you— just ask.

Stinky to Mild

How to build a cheese plate.

Sort of Convenient

Nancy Silverton does quick her way.

On the Hunt for Wild Yeast

Chatting with home fermentation expert Sandor Ellix Katz.

It's Not Fat, It's Big-Boned

In honor of its 50th year, Bon Appétit muscles in with a heavy tome.

Easter Made Easy

Freshen up the holiday menu with planked salmon.

Secrets of the Perfect Salsa

They wouldn’t give us the recipe, but that didn’t stop us.

Curry by the Book

In search of a true spice education from a new Indian cookbook.

The Year in Food 2006

From bad spinach to exploding lattes: The tastiest moments of 2006.

The CHOW 13

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

The Year in Food 2008

What we ate, what the candidates ate, what the Olympians ate.

Key to the Liquor Cabinet

How to create the ultimate home bar.

A West Sonoma Road Trip

Tasting rooms and dining rooms in our favorite slice of Northern California wine country.

Grit and Grub in San Francisco's Tenderloin

From down-and-out to up-and-coming— the city’s next Mission District.