Perfect Summer Reds

Not summer whites or summer rosés.

Dour Cookies for a Desert Island

This week’s mission: healthy whole-grain cookies, and fancy juice blends.

Low-Rent Umami

This week’s mission: a pseudo-healthy version of ground-beef stretcher, and a chemically enhanced mass-market cookie.

Cocktail Culture, Las Vegas Style

A bar convention dips to the lowest common denominator.

Traditional or Modern

Vietti Barolo finds the best of both worlds.

Sharpen Up

How to care for your knives.

Tony Bourdain Would Pimp for Prada

The No Reservations star shares his plans, real and imagined.

R.I.P. Didier Dagueneau

Reflections on a great winemaker.

Nobody Ate My Dish

Etiquette tips for hosting a successful potluck.

We're All Meatheads Now

One more addition to a pig-centric cookbook world.

California Roll, Dragon Roll, Nematode Roll?

Fish, both wild and farmed, contain parasites. They’re gross but easy to get rid of.

Sensitive New Age Cocktails

Does a happy bartender make a better drink?

The Basics: How to Make Grilled Chicken Fajitas

A Tex-Mex crowd-pleaser.

Danger: Food Present

Food allergies are on the rise and on the mind.

Palate Tease

Sheila Lukins and Julee Rosso talk about life before arugula and The Silver Palate Cookbook, 25 years later.