Cheap, Good Frozen Lasagne

This week’s mission: Healthier breakfast junk food and decent frozen Italian entrées.

Bacon in a Glass

CHOW’s guide to smoked beers: rich, toasty-tasting ales that are made with malt smoked prior to brewing.

Sandclean Scrubbers

Do the dishes one better.

New Species of Cracker Discovered!

This week’s mission: ritzy granola and crunchy focaccia sticks.

Toaster Pastries Fit for a Monk

This week’s mission: ready-made meals for gluten allergy sufferers and a healthier alternative to Pop-Tarts.

Get Healthy Real Easy

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

What the Hell Is Ice Cream Soft Candy?

This week’s mission: Down-market candy gets a makeover, and a really bad idea for brand extension.

Microwave Bean-and-Cheese Burrito Taste Test

Food or foe?

Guilty-Pleasure Protein Drink

This week’s mission: creamy, not chalky, meal-replacement beverages.

Country Breakfast Burrito and Hot Tamales Ice

This week’s mission: a burrito containing everything but pancakes, and a mint revamp of an old-school candy.

Mushrooms Will Save the World

And other findings from Taste^3^ 2007.

Does the Grapefruit Diet Work?

The citrus isn’t a magic weight-loss cure, as you might have guessed.

Key to the Liquor Cabinet

How to create the ultimate home bar.

What to Eat at the Ballpark

Chowhound picks for the best food and drink at games across the country.

The Year in Food 2008

What we ate, what the candidates ate, what the Olympians ate.