Toasts, Not Roasts

How to get a wedding speech right. (By Helena Echlin)

A Slice of "Perfection"

An excerpt from Chef Heston Blumenthal’s "In Search of Perfection."

Secrets of the Perfect Salsa

They wouldn’t give us the recipe, but that didn’t stop us. (By Helena Echlin)

Garden Harvest Toasted Chips and Hemp Bliss Organic Hempmilk

This week’s mission: Quasi-healthy chips containing fruit, and nondairy “milk” that tastes like rancid nuts. (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)

Fast-Food Pizza Chains Attempt Gourmet

This week’s mission: pizzas that are less fake and greasy, and toasted ciabattas that are more fake and greasy. (By James Norton)

A Navel-Gazing Moment

CHOW’s favorite CHOW recipes.

Grilled Cheese Sandwich Cravings

Bread plus cheese plus heat equals perfection (times 10). (By Aida Mollenkamp)

Detox Cocktails

This week’s mission: two carbonated juices with nonsensical names and ambitious career goals. (By James Norton)

The Other Pinot

Pinot Gris is a perfect spring wine. (By Jordan Mackay)

Creamy Winter Buzz

This week’s mission: upscale takes on Baileys Irish Cream. (By James Norton)

Tricked-Out Caramel Apples

Creative stuffings and coatings take this Halloween staple to a new level.

Bringing the Bee to Its Knees

Think every squeeze bear is filled with the same sweet golden goo? (By Stephanie Rosenbaum)

Camping Karma

How to avoid forest faux pas. (By Helena Echlin)

The New Kitchen Staples

Your pantry is bare unless these 10 items sit on its shelves. They’ve achieved post-food-fad status. (By Steven Jenkins)