What Is Instant Coffee?

Does it come from the same plant as regular coffee?

Is Soy Lecithin Bad for You?

And what is it, anyway?

What Is Ceviche?

How does citrus “cook” raw things, like fish in ceviche?

Sex, Drugs, and Béchamel

A new cookbook features recipes from indie rockers.

From Scarface to Key Lime Pie

A culinary tour of seedy-but-cool Red Hook, Brooklyn

The Fake Gatsby

A guide to New York City speakeasies.

A Candy Upgrade

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

You Say Syrah

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

Magnetic Fields

Induction cooktops cook hot, stay cool.

There Never Was a Tom Collins

How your tail got its name.

Hot Holders

Burn-protection gear for home chefs.

Mole in the Mountains

A gastronomic adventure in Xalapa, Mexico.

Playing with Fire

CHOW tests the best kitchen torches on crème brûlée and beyond.

They Eat Horses, Don't They?

Much of the world sees horse as a delicacy. Much of the world gets its horsemeat from America. Yet Americans won’t touch it.

The CHOW 13

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