Booze-Flavored Munchies

This week’s mission: potato chips flavored like beer and Bloody Marys, and fancier M&M’s.

Too Poor for Drinks

Staying home is the new going out.

Spicy Cinnamon-Sugar Popcorn

A little chile oil and cinnamon-sugar add flair to buttery popcorn.

Parmigiano–Black Pepper Popcorn

With extra-virgin olive oil.

Diet Shake Showdown

This week’s mission: new healthy granola bars and a decent diet shake.

You Can Get a Bad Meal in Rome

Here’s what we’re looking for: charm, authenticity, local ingredients, moderate prices. And while most Roman restaurants look perfect from the outside, watch out for these telltale signs.

King of Chaat

A Q&A with the reigning gol gappas vendor of Delhi.

Buenos Aires: Faded Elegance, High Design

Buenos Aires’s up-and-coming San Telmo neighborhood.

Steppin' Up Your Cheese Game

This week’s mission: frozen diet dinners featuring fruit, and classy cheese vehicles.

What Does Beige Taste Like?

The week’s mission: bad chocolate candies, and an iced tea contraption.

French-Fried Nirvana

CHOW reviews two great pieces of deep-frying equipment for the home chef.

Key to the Liquor Cabinet

How to create the ultimate home bar.

Zero-Gravity Gourmet

Is outer space the next frontier for haute cuisine?

Actress in the Kitchen

An interview with Madhur Jaffrey.

Your Computer Can't Roast a Chicken

Food-related desktop widgets, from egg timers to tail dictionaries.