Thai Beef Jerky

Sweet honey combines with salty fish sauce and floral coriander seed for a complex-flavored but simple-to-make beef jerky.

Make Your Own Jerky

Homemade jerky takes little more than patience.

Thai Patio has replaced the old strip-mall Palms Thai. The $3.99 lunch special is, of course, a deal–pad kra pao, fried tofu with basil, peppers and onions, is nicely spiced and tasty, but the straight-from-the-bag salad...

with the sausage and the beef jerky if this restaurant has an Issan slant ... which is pretty funny in itself ... without reading Chowhound I wouldn’t even know there was such a thing as Issan food. Not sure which type of beef...

Art of the Shock-tail

Bacon-infused vodka martinis, rum and steak sauce — has it really come to this?

Tasty Kosher Products

Kosherfest debuts chocolate liqueur and treats for doggies.

Our Favorite Butchers

We go for the real meat, the sustainably farmed, humanely raised and slaughtered, heritage, no-hormone, quality product, and for guys behind the counter knowledgeable enough to tell us where the meat came from and how to cook it.

Shelf-Stable Chicken in Kool-Aid Sauce

This week’s mission: low-cal, assemble-it-yourself convenience food and wannabe Italian dinners.

The CHOW Guide to Eating and Drinking in Austin, SXSW edition

From Tex-Mex to high-end, CHOW brings you the best eating and drinking locations in Austin.

The Right Way to Eat Noodles

Noodle-eating etiquette according to ethnic tradition.

Your Dog, the Gourmet

If your dog has such a great sense of smell, why is he eating your old socks?

Meals, Ready to Eat

Today there are 24 different MRE menus, such as Cheese Tortellini, Jamaican Pork Chop, and Jambalaya. Most are actually quite tasty.

Summer 2009 Gift Guide

All your warm-weather gifting needs met.

What to Do with Thanksgiving Leftovers

Rewarming the turkey and gravy won’t suffice.

You Want Fries on That?

Hold the ketchup and try one of these twists on the old familiar french fry.