Maker’s Mark drinkers offer their favorite tails and tall drinks making use of the drink. (By C. Thi Nguyen)

If booze is to be slow, it has to be right. (By Jordan Mackay)

Touring bourbon distilleries in Kentucky. (By Jane Goldman)

An interview with the director of preservation for Mount Vernon about George Washington’s whiskey-distilling career. (By Lessley Anderson)

We’ll tell you our favorites as long as you don’t hold us to them. (By CHOW staff)

Watch out for the revenuers. (By Jason Horn)

Great eats in Louisville, Kentucky. (By Jane Goldman)

This week’s mission: potato chips flavored like beer and Bloody Marys, and fancier M&M’s. (By James Norton)

The best rolls and cases for carrying your knives. (By Louisa Chu)

CHOW reviews the best wood cutting boards. (By Louisa Chu)

For many kitchen items, cheaper is better. (By Aida Mollenkamp and Regan Burns)

There’s never been a better time to give.

How to spend intelligently and offer great drinks. (By Lessley Anderson)

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

Our first annual awards, presenting a baker’s dozen of provocateurs, trendsetters, and rabble-rousers. (By Lessley Anderson)