Stack Your Salad (And Other Plating Tips)

An interview with chef Christopher Styler, author of "Working the Plate." (By Lessley Anderson)

Wedding Cake Tips

Get the most for your money. (By Roxanne Webber)

The Basics: How to Make an Icebox Cake

The easiest, most addictive dessert ever.

How Do They Get the Fat Out of Nonfat Milk?

Think of your washer’s spin cycle. (By Roxanne Webber)

Chewing Gum Arms Race

This week’s mission: a green tea cure-all and gum with a one-two flavor punch. (By James Norton)

Tips for Pan Handlers

Get the best pans for the job. (By Louisa Chu)

Foods You Fight

Tips for eating saucy, messy, and hard-to-handle foods. (By Jessica Dolcourt)

Instant Milk Shakes Ride Again

This week’s mission: kiddie fruit snacks by the makers of an energy bar and instant shake-and-drink milk shakes. (By James Norton)

Snack Time for Lazarus

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

Another Secretly High-Calorie Salad

This week’s mission: Cold meets hot on a lettuce bed, and a new fast-food breakfast. (By James Norton)

Measuring Cups

When eyeballing ingredients just won’t do. (By Michele Foley)

What Does Beige Taste Like?

The week’s mission: bad chocolate candies, and an iced tea contraption. (By James Norton)

Elf Ladies Like Mint Candy

This week’s mission: a mintier old-school candy bar, and a candy bar that’s actually an energy bar. (By James Norton)

Crispiness Jihad

This week’s mission: An ice cream flavor I hadn’t tried yet and a controversial new candy bar. (By James Norton)

What If You Ruin the Turkey?

Should you try to cover it up, confess, go without, or just order pizza? (By Helena Echlin)