Injectable Marinades and 100-Calorie Snacks

This week’s mission: marinade you squirt into meat with a syringe, and tinier snack cakes.

Shelf-Stable Chicken in Kool-Aid Sauce

This week’s mission: low-cal, assemble-it-yourself convenience food and wannabe Italian dinners.

Sippin' Yak

Cognac and Armagnac converge in consonants but diverge in style.

Build Your Own Burrito Bar

Bring your local taqueria home, dress it up, and throw it a party.

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.

Snack Time for Lazarus

This week’s mission: superfood bars and stovetop comfort-food kits.

Italian Chefs Won't Weep

This week’s mission: frozen Italian dinners and microbrewed sodas.

The Conference You Wish You Went To

A report from Tales of the tail.

Future on Ice

Defrosting the history of the fridge.

It's Not Champagne

But it might be better, cheaper, and worth exploring.

As Seen on TV

Television characters and the food they eat.

Wood's Poor Cousin

CHOW reviews the best plastic cutting boards.

Save Your Dollars

For many kitchen items, cheaper is better.

Original Gin

Genever and gin are both flavored with juniper, but that’s where the similarities end.

Building a Killer Wedding Bar

How to spend intelligently and offer great drinks.