Kitchen Confessional

Reading Nigel Slater’s diaries.

Summer 2009 Gift Guide

All your warm-weather gifting needs met.

Surgery in the Kitchen

Tiny tools help with obsessive details.

The Friendliest Utensil

Our photographic ode to spoons

Winter 2008 Gift Guide

There’s never been a better time to give.

Summer 2007 Gift Guide

Everyone loves a giver.

Gas Versus Charcoal

Choose what’s under your grate before you choose what goes on top.

The Strategic Wedding Registry

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

Mole in the Mountains

A gastronomic adventure in Xalapa, Mexico.

Ersatz Papalote Salsa

Better than the best.

I also love the Oxo spinner. My first one died after very heavy usage and bout 7 or 8 years, and I saw a Rosle one with a stainless steel bowl that I thought would be useful for dressing the salad after spinning it dry. It died...

I live by myself, well recently my brother moved in. I’ve been wanting a salad spinner forever now, however I keep thinking its way too big. I’m also thinking I don’t need it since its really just me....

That was going to be my suggestion too, as I saw the article in the LA Times and decided it was time to trade in my old Oxo salad spinner for the new one with the stainless steel bowl, because both my husband/lettuce washer and I...

Dress up apple salad with curry and crab.