Pork and Pâté Vietnamese Sandwich (Banh Mi)

Sweet, tangy, spicy, and crunchy all loaded on a baguette.

CHOW Pancetta

Why buy pancetta when making it yourself is so easy and fun?

Garlicky Roasted Chicken with Garlic Jus on Garlic Toast

Guaranteed to keep unwanted interpersonal contact at bay.

In the last 3 years, I haven’t seen a single person at any of the 3 major store “families” (Loblaws/No Frills/Superstore, Sobey’s/Price Chopper/IGA, Dominion/Food Basics) with a paper bag. Maybe...

How Green Is Your Takeaway Container?

Which takeaway containers are the most (and least) green?

Things to Do with Stale Bread

Ten uses for an old loaf of bread, from thickening gazpacho to soaking up the Grand Marnier in grown-up French toast

Mushroom-Stuffed Chicken with White Wine Sauce

Whether for a dinner party or a weeknight meal, this elegant, convenient dish can be prepared ahead of time.

The Basics: How to Make Buttermilk Fried Chicken

Be your own Colonel.

Environmentally Friendly Picnic Supplies

Enjoy the outdoors without trashing it.

Won't Work for Food

Horror stories of the country’s largest member-owned cooperative grocery store.

Drunk on Recycling

Can you ask guests to bring their own cups?

Dizzy Greens

The best salad spinners.

Seed Saving for Beginners

Adapt plants to your own private patch of dirt.

The Basics: How to Make Breaded Peppercorn Pork Medallions

A comforting winter dinner.

Summer 2008 Gift Guide

Please dads, grads, brides, and more.