Advice for Despised Laptop Users

How to avoid dirty looks in coffeehouses.

You'd Better Be Anorexic

Is eating really slow rude to your fellow diners?

What Else Besides Corn Pops, and How?

Steam is powerful stuff.

Shelf-Stable Chicken in Kool-Aid Sauce

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

Is Soy Lecithin Bad for You?

And what is it, anyway?

10 Exotic Sweeteners

Go beyond white sugar.

Another Secretly High-Calorie Salad

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

Your Dog, the Gourmet

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

Ordering Off the Kids' Menu

Can grown-ups get little burgers?

What's an Angus Burger Anyhow?

This week’s mission: stylistic departures from fast-food chains.

Who's Been Eating My Porridge?

How to raid your housemates' stash, and bust them tactfully when they raid yours.

Art of the Shock-tail

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

On the Hunt for Wild Yeast

Chatting with home fermentation expert Sandor Ellix Katz.

Injectable Marinades and 100-Calorie Snacks

This week’s mission: marinade you squirt into meat with a syringe, and tinier snack cakes.

Joyless, Sullen Brown Brick

This week’s mission: healthy candy bars and high-end Pringles.