Does It Matter Which Side of the Foil Goes on the Outside?

Only if you’re using nonstick foil. (By Jason Horn)

Good & Plenty Sacrilege!

This week’s mission: candy with extra spice. (By James Norton)

How Do Laser Thermometers Work Without Touching the Food?

Clue: The light is only there for show. (By Jason Horn)

Does It Matter Whether You Use a Glass or Metal Baking Dish?

It depends on what you’re making. (By Jason Horn)

Old-Tyme Flavor

How to season and care for your cast iron pan. (By Regan Burns and Lessley Anderson)

Soy Cheese That Isn't Hateful

This week’s mission: shelf-stable chili and fake cheese fragments. (By James Norton)

Snack Time for Lazarus

This week’s mission: superfood bars and stovetop comfort-food kits. (By James Norton)

Booze-Flavored Munchies

This week’s mission: potato chips flavored like beer and Bloody Marys, and fancier M&M’s. (By James Norton)

Bite the Antenna

Wires and spikes make up modern serviceware from Crucial Detail. (By Louisa Chu)

The Scoop

Unusual tools for scooping and presenting ice cream. (By Louisa Chu)

10 Ways to Smuggle Booze into Events

Crazy devices and contraptions. (By Roxanne Webber)

Kitchen Confessional

Reading Nigel Slater’s diaries. (By Sara Dickerman)

The New Hippie Kitchen

Cooking the iconoclast way, in yurts, tepees, and more. (By Lessley Anderson and Roxanne Webber)

How to Make the Ultimate Bagel

It’s in the boiling and the malt. (By Melissa Wagenberg Lasher)

Make Your Own Mozzarella

Cheesemaking made simple.