The Minimalist's Dessert

Cookbook author and confectioner Alice Medrich talks about her love of simple, artisanal sweets.

New Year's Day Brunch

An easy, make-ahead menu to share with friends.

Destination: Denver on the Cheap

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

There Never Was a Tom Collins

How your tail got its name.

Belgian Beer Primer

Decoding the world’s most acclaimed (and confusing) brews.

Surgery in the Kitchen

Tiny tools help with obsessive details.

The Return of Punch

The big tail in a bowl makes a comeback.

The Other Napa

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

The Strategic Wedding Registry

CHOW’s guide to creating a wedding gift registry you’ll love.

Vile, Terrible, Nasty, and Ugly

CHOW talks to A. A. Gill about the business of reviewing restaurants, organics as a style statement, and the dark evil of Starbucks.

A Feast of Words

In which authors display a stunning variety of descriptive powers about food.

The Taste of an Oyster

Plus a dozen oysters you should know.

Celebrity Gingerbread: Law and Order Edition

Memorialize your favorite big-shot hooligans in cookie form.

The Year in Food 2006

From bad spinach to exploding lattes: The tastiest moments of 2006.

Peninsular War

Spanish and French liqueurs duke it out over cranberries.