Diet Shake Showdown

This week’s mission: new healthy granola bars and a decent diet shake.

Mysteries of Tempeh Revealed

This week’s mission: a seasoned meat substitute, and fancified potato buds.

Your Dog, the Gourmet

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

Cardamom-Spiced Carrot Cake with Whipped Cream Cheese Frosting

Kept extra-moist with a generous helping of grated carrot, and lightly spiced with cardamom and ginger.

Hamburgers and Sausages from Scratch

The best home meat grinders.

A New Healthy Chip Concept

This week’s mission: Wish-Bone dressing with chunks, and healthier “popped” potato chips.

Cookies, Crazy-Ass and Classic

This week’s mission: a health freak treat that delivers, and Pepperidge Farms doin' raspberry.

Robert Parker's Wine Ratings Creep

The numbers are edging up, but their relevance is going down.

Take Your Lunch to Work: Tofu

One pound of tofu; five easy, varied, and quick lunches.

Filet of Petri Dish

The same technologies scientists use to grow human tissue in a lab may one day be used to grow animal tissue to feed the world.

Another Bad Attempt at a Diet Dessert

This week’s mission: a prefab, low-cal sundae, and pear-apple juice.

Snack Time for Lazarus

This week’s mission: superfood bars and stovetop comfort-food kits.

Country Breakfast Burrito and Hot Tamales Ice

This week’s mission: a burrito containing everything but pancakes, and a mint revamp of an old-school candy.

New Species of Cracker Discovered!

This week’s mission: ritzy granola and crunchy focaccia sticks.

Destination: Denver on the Cheap

Kingpin food on a volunteer budget at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.