King of Chaat

A Q&A with the reigning gol gappas vendor of Delhi. (By Divya Agarwal)

Why Is Kosher Salt Called "Kosher" Salt?

What’s so kosher about it? (By Melissa Wagenberg Lasher)

10 Beginner Cookbooks

Helpful titles for the novice cook. (By Aida Mollenkamp)

Rick Bayless Can Go "Screw Himself"

Episode 3: Dissing high-end Mexican food gets one chef the boot.

Winter 2008 Gift Guide

There’s never been a better time to give.

You Are What You Don't Eat

Ten ways to label you and your food. (By Meredith Arthur and Eric Slatkin)

Playing Favorites

The all-time classic Chowhound threads. (By Davina Baum)

Mushrooms Will Save the World

And other findings from Taste^3^ 2007. (By Meredith Arthur and Lessley Anderson)

A West Sonoma Road Trip

Tasting rooms and dining rooms in our favorite slice of Northern California wine country. (By Lessley Anderson)

Buenos Aires: Faded Elegance, High Design

Buenos Aires’s up-and-coming San Telmo neighborhood. (By Ella Lawrence)

Flour gets knighted. (By Amy Wisniewski)

The best cookies in the entire world. (By Lessley Anderson)

Will Owens finds that Gold Medal and other generic supermarket flour brands seem gritty; that’s because they’re made from hard wheat. The generic stuff is fine as a thickening agent, or for dusting, but mediocre for... (By C. Thi Nguyen)

Here are some Chowhound-endorsed baking cookbooks that cover the gamut from yeast breads through pastry and cakes that are suitable for hounds just getting in the baking groove. They’ve got clear explanations of technique... (By C. Thi Nguyen)

Play with icing, do a mitzvah for the holidays. (By Tea Austen Weaver)