Michael Ruhlman's So Rational

He’s got a new book and a message to Americans: Get a cooking scale and some sharp knives.

Will Mayonnaise Give Me Food Poisoning?

Warning! Potentially massive picnic hazard.

Shockingly Tasty Fruitcakes

Start now, finish aging by Christmas.

Fashionable Food: Rabbit Sugo with Egg Pasta

Who’s making it and how you can make it yourself.

Gobble, Gobble, Bang!

How I killed a turkey for Thanksgiving dinner.

10 Food Moments from "The Office"

From Christmas goose roadkill to staplers encased in Jell-O, some of our favorite food-related incidents from the show.

Belgian Beer Primer

Decoding the world’s most acclaimed (and confusing) brews.

The Year in Food 2008

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

10 Super Bowl Commercials

Some of our favorite food-and-drink ads from games past.

Fighting Wine Snobbery

Don’t encourage the wine bores in your life.

The New Stealth Vegetarian Restaurant

Meatless eateries strive to be crossover hits, catering to people who no longer see vegetarianism as a hippie lifestyle choice.

Jazz Standard

Gumbo is the ultimate improvisational dish.

Mistakes Were Made

And lessons learned—25 tips from new cooks.

The Strategic Wedding Registry

CHOW’s guide to creating a wedding gift registry you’ll love.

Second Careers in Food ... that Failed

Highway of sorrow paved with brioche.