The Yogurt of Beers

Cask ale, a naturally carbonated, handcrafted beer, finally catches on.

Fashionable Food: Sausage-Stuffed Dates

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

Enough with the Workplace Candy!

Is it OK to tell people to stop bringing in sweets?

Fighting Wine Snobbery

Don’t encourage the wine bores in your life.

Baby on Board, Drink in Hand

Can you tell a pregnant boozer to stop?

Feats of Strength at the Cocktail Competition

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

Italian Hops, Not Grapes

Italy has some beer for you to drink.

Stealing Bar Glasses

How bad is it to pilfer pints?

Bartender Tales

The world as seen from behind the bar.

Good Label, Bad Wine

CHOW tastes wines with great labels and discovers the duds.

10 Ways to Reinvent Breakfast

Go beyond bagels and bacon.

You Break It, You Replace It

What to do if you bust your friend’s china.

Slow Spirits

If booze is to be slow, it has to be right.

Bring Wine, Pay Double

Do restaurants ever waive corkage fees?

Waiters Refilling Wineglasses

Should they or shouldn’t they? The controversy continues.