What’s the Best Drink to Order in a Dive Bar?

Some safe bets when the liquor is sketchy.

The Basics: How to Make Seven-Layer Bars

A shockingly easy dessert.

Freeze-Dried Guanciale and Squid Ink Bar Codes

What we learned at Madrid Fusión.

A West Sonoma Road Trip

Tasting rooms and dining rooms in our favorite slice of Northern California wine country.

Destination: Denver on the Cheap

Kingpin food on a volunteer budget at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.

Raiders of the Lost Drink

How to fix a dying party.

Destination: Twin Cities Crawl

Well fed and hung over at the 2008 Republican National Convention.

10 Mail-Order Gifts for 2009

Send a boozy, chocolaty, or meaty present this holiday season.

The CHOW 13

Our first annual awards, presenting a baker’s dozen of provocateurs, trendsetters, and rabble-rousers.

Buenos Aires: Faded Elegance, High Design

Buenos Aires’s up-and-coming San Telmo neighborhood.

Cheez-Its Still Doin' It for Me

This week’s mission: candy-bar themed cookies, and new cheese flavors of Cheez-Its.

Absinthe-Minded

Sure, the spirit is legal. But will it matter?

The Other Napa

What’s worth doing in the Napa Valley: a travel guide to the wine country.

Feats of Strength at the Cocktail Competition

Tasting 150 liquors in two days at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition.

Champagne Glasses

Celebrate with bubbles.