Eating While Dating

Which foods might not get you to third base.

Stop, Thief!

Is it acceptable to eat off other people’s plates?

Is It Wrong to Play with Your Food?

It’s a matter of respect, for your food and your company.

Padma Breaks Up the Band

Episode 8: Musical talent does not a Top Chef make.

Public Transit Picnic

Is it rude to eat on the subway?

Frying Feast

Celebrate Hanukkah with lots of fat.

Butter Me Up

Modern bread-plate etiquette.

Must I Refuse Free Booze?

What should you do if a stranger buys you a drink and you don’t want it?

Your Dog, the Gourmet

If your dog has such a great sense of smell, why is he eating your old socks?

Toasts, Not Roasts

How to get a wedding speech right.

Egg Magic

Tools for de-yolking, poaching, and beheading eggs.

Christmas Coconut Cake

Three white cake layers covered with a light snowfall of flaked coconut.

You Can't Afford This Coffee Maker

The high-tech Clover, and two affordable alternatives.

Modern Potluck

Feed a crowd with recipes from some of CHOW’s favorite chefs.

I’m throwing a second brithday party for my daughter in a couple of weeks and the theme is "messy". There will be around 45 people over for lunch so I was thinking that chili dogs would be an easy make ahead (and, yes,...