Key to the Liquor Cabinet

How to create the ultimate home bar.

The Yogurt of Beers

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

New Year's Day Brunch

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

In Tacos Veritas

A beloved Austin, Texas, restaurant fights developers to keep its downtown location.

Playing with Fire

CHOW tests the best kitchen torches on crème brûlée and beyond.

Celebrities and Portable Microwaves

Products we loved at the International Home & Housewares Show.

Make Your Own Candy Bars

Corner-store sweets go high-end.

Know Your Peppers

CHOW’s visual guide to chile peppers.

Dispatch from Terra Madre

Our food editor reports from Slow Food’s global get-together.

The New Hippie Kitchen

Cooking the iconoclast way, in yurts, tepees, and more.

My Bubbe, Your Bubbe

One Jewish grandmother dispenses Hanukkah recipes and wisdom.

Our Maine Man

Sam Hayward of Fore Street on unpretentious, unctuous eats.

The Year in Food 2008

What we ate, what the candidates ate, what the Olympians ate.

Kitchen Timers

Keep food from burning, in style.

The New Stealth Vegetarian Restaurant

Meatless eateries strive to be crossover hits, catering to people who no longer see vegetarianism as a hippie lifestyle choice.