Four Bands, Four Barbecue Joints

A tour through the barbecue meccas of Chapel Hill, Memphis, Austin, and Kansas City, plus music.

How to Loosen Your Pants

Without your fellow Thanksgiving guests noticing. (By Brian Abrams)

The CHOW Guide to Eating and Drinking in Austin, SXSW edition

From Tex-Mex to high-end, CHOW brings you the best eating and drinking locations in Austin. (By CHOW staff)

Grit and Grub in San Francisco's Tenderloin

From down-and-out to up-and-coming— the city’s next Mission District. (By Lessley Anderson)

The Other Napa

What’s worth doing in the Napa Valley: a travel guide to the wine country. (By Ella Lawrence)

At Chacarero, you should have all the extras. (By Joyce Slaton)

Energized from yesterday’s change of heart, I kicked into high gear. Today was quite a ride. I can’t believe I did all the following in one day … but I did. It’s a testament to the chowconnaissance... (By Jim Leff)

I’d strafed Winston-Salem while heading eastward from the mountains a few days ago, just hitting the town’s southern fringes. Now, heading west toward Tennessee, I’ve stayed downtown to plumb what I’d... (By Jim Leff)

Cape Breton Island is shut tight for the season, so I’ll be hunkering down in Halifax for the next few days. If I’d arrived just a week or two earlier, there’d have been many more Maritime options. (By Jim Leff)

Chowhound-at-large Jim Leff is eating his way across America. Read along from the beginning of his trip. (By Jim Leff)