What Is the Best Way to Wash Fruit?

Forget the fancy tricks.

Surprise Dinner Parties

None of the planning, all of the fun.

How Do They Get the Omega-3 in the Eggs?

It’s all about diet.

Can You Really Seal the Juices into Meat?

Lock up that steak and throw away the key.

What's the Difference Between a Digestif and an Apéritif?

If you speak French, the name says it all.

Crazy Pretzel Sandwich

This week’s mission: off-kilter but refreshing soft drinks and a zesty hodgepodge of a pretzel snack.

Does Drinking Ice Water Burn Calories?

Hydration, maybe; weight loss, doubtful.

A Candy Upgrade

This week’s mission: high-end nut brittle.

Baby on Board, Drink in Hand

Can you tell a pregnant boozer to stop?

Bogus Butter Bake-Off

This week’s mission: sticks of fake butter, and protein pimped by a famous doctor.

Won't Work for Food

Horror stories of the country’s largest member-owned cooperative grocery store.

The Year in Food 2008

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

Polite Society in the Hamptons

How to be a good weekend guest.

You Say Syrah

Australia says Shiraz. But New Zealand? It’s Syrah.

Good Luck with That

May you live a long, healthy, prosperous, loving life.