Summer 2007 Gift Guide

Everyone loves a giver.

Preparty Hardy

CHOW talks with the "Commissioner of Tailgating."

Kiwis and Grapes

New Zealand’s best Pinot Noir and Riesling.

Playing with Fire

CHOW tests the best kitchen torches on crème brûlée and beyond.

When Booze Won't Do

There are times when alcohol is just not welcome or appropriate. Ten drinks stand in for the tipple.

Ginning Up the Gin Market

Is the gin renaissance a false phenomenon?

The CHOW 13

Our first annual awards, presenting a baker’s dozen of provocateurs, trendsetters, and rabble-rousers.

Race to the Bottom

Is Charles Shaw Chardonnay the triumph-despite-adversity fairy tale of the wine world?

Too Poor for Drinks

Staying home is the new going out.

See Recipe on Back

Concoctions cribbed off the back of a box that are good enough to pass as your own.

Tailor Your Ice to Your Drink

Chill out with the right size chunks.

How the Other Half Cooks

What’s in the best families' kitchens.

Great Wine in Minutes!

Testing miracle wine enhancers.

Perusing Peru's Pisco

A single shot glass and many, many piscos.

Making Roux

A nutty-flavored thickener used in gumbo and several other New Orleans–style dishes.