When Should You Stir Versus Shake a Cocktail?

It depends on what texture and look you are after.

Dinner with Mr. and Mrs. McPerfect

How to deal with tense dinner party hosts.

Joined at the Hip

It’s bad manners for couples to form social units.

Do Eggs Need to Be Refrigerated?

Some people store them on the counter.

What Happens to Wine as It Ages?

Older isn’t always better.

Perusing Peru's Pisco

A single shot glass and many, many piscos.

The Scoop

Unusual tools for scooping and presenting ice cream.

Ask Aïda

CHOW’s food editor on her Food Network show.

Make Your Own Soda Pop

How to brew homemade ginger beer and root beer.

Soy Cheese That Isn't Hateful

This week’s mission: shelf-stable chili and fake cheese fragments.

Ungrateful Wretch

What’s the proper way to thank somebody for a home-cooked meal?

Try Mezcal Again

It used to be that mezcal was thought of as a poor man’s tequila. No more. Great mezcal is now being imported into the United States.

The Sight and Sound of Taste

A conversation with Heston Blumenthal.

More than Just Arm Candy

How to stop a friend from salting your game.

Get Healthy Real Easy

This week’s mission: two servings of vegetables in a powder and one in a soup.