How Does Seedless Fruit Reproduce?

A seedy mystery story.

Fighting Wine Snobbery

Don’t encourage the wine bores in your life.

Downsizing Bad Friends

What to do when invitations go unreciprocated.

How to Host a Turkey-Free Thanksgiving

Getting the meat eaters to do without.

Luxury Wine for Less

Semifancy wines to drink over the holidays.

Swamp Critters

CHOW goes to catch crawfish in the Louisiana swamps.

Gilt-Free Cooking

CHOW interviews bad-boy chef Paul Liebrandt, recently let go from NYC’s Gilt restaurant, now striking out on his own.

Ditching an Annoying Guest

She came last year, must she again?

Are There Really Two Scoops of Raisins in Raisin Bran?

“Scoop” is a relative term.

10 Food Feuds

Is there nothing original in food anymore?

Welcome to CHOW

Welcome to CHOW, a website devoted to the pleasure of food and drink. Come in and look around; you’ll find everything we wanted to do in print, as well as all the features that the Web allows.

What's That Coconut Doing in My M&M's?

This week’s mission: new flavor twists on classic candies.

Not Just Rioja

Wines from the Spanish region of Priorat are the new cult find.

Raiders of the Lost Drink

How to fix a dying party.

What's Killing Australian Wine?

Jam overdose poisons a national industry.