How to Cook in High Heels

Top Chef goes clubbing.

Batali, High and Low

Mario Batali’s new cookbook, “Mario Tailgates NASCAR Style,” targets a different audience altogether.

College Cooks Gone Wild!

Crème brûlée in the microwave and other desperate dorm-room tricks.

Buenos Aires: Faded Elegance, High Design

Buenos Aires’s up-and-coming San Telmo neighborhood.

Cooking with Fall Ingredients

Seasonal produce you should get your hands on now.

10 Things to Cook for One

A bowl of cereal is not dinner.

Gilt-Free Cooking

CHOW interviews bad-boy chef Paul Liebrandt, recently let go from NYC’s Gilt restaurant, now striking out on his own.

How to Make the Ultimate Bagel

It’s in the boiling and the malt.

The Basics: How to Make Croutons

Buttery, garlicky, and they kick store-bought’s ass.

Tuna Noodle Casserole

A remake of the grammar-school original.

The Basics: How to Make Quinoa Salad

Healthy, tasty, vegetarian.

The Basics: How to Make Garlicky Spaghetti

Supereasy aglio e olio.

The Basics: How to Make Roasted Chicken Breast

Bone-in, skin-on chicken breast roasted (plus how to make a simple sauce by deglazing)

The Basics: How to Make Beef Stew

An easy belly-warmer.

The Basics: How to Make Stovetop Flank Steak

Cooks in less than 10 minutes.