Chewing Gum Arms Race

This week’s mission: a green tea cure-all and gum with a one-two flavor punch.

Girls Who Hate Girly Drinks

Bad bartenders assume you’re wimpy.

Cootie Call

Is it rude not to want to share your fork?

The CHOW 13

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

Actress in the Kitchen

An interview with Madhur Jaffrey.

Can You Get Mad Cow Disease from Eating Bone Marrow?

That should be the least of your worries.

Farewell to Hydrocolloids

Chef Alex Stupak’s Mexican food dreams.

Seed Saving for Beginners

Adapt plants to your own private patch of dirt.

King Cocktail Speaks

Dale DeGroff on his new book and the perils of mixology.

The Awkward Lip-Kiss Greeting

Is it appropriate to give and receive a peck on the lips when you see friends?

Make Your Own Sausage

Joining sauerkraut and beer in the great Oktoberfest triumvirate.

Special Moments with Grim Gruel

This week’s mission: personality-based soft drinks and microwave baked desserts.

Advantage Spain

Navarra rosados can play with the best French rosés.

Surgery in the Kitchen

Tiny tools help with obsessive details.

Downsizing Bad Friends

What to do when invitations go unreciprocated.