Pack Your Knives and Go

Cooking vacations that steer clear of the tourist traps.

Bacon at the Beach

Ben Barker of Magnolia Grill relaxes with CHOW.

Fighting Wine Snobbery

Don’t encourage the wine bores in your life.

Advice for Heathens

What do atheists say when asked to say grace?

How to Prepare for the Meal of Your Life

Six months ago you nabbed a reservation at the hottest restaurant in town. Now the meal of your life is two days away. You have to be prepared. You have to be psyched. You have to make the most of it. But how?

Advice for Despised Laptop Users

How to avoid dirty looks in coffeehouses.

Unemployment Benefits

Should you pick up the tab for jobless friends?

A Sherry with Sea Legs

Manzanilla recalls brine and minerals.

Surprise Guest: Mom

Can you tell a friend not to bring his parent to your party?

But I Only Drank Water!

If you don’t order as much, do you have to split the bill?

Gilt-Free Cooking

CHOW interviews bad-boy chef Paul Liebrandt, recently let go from NYC’s Gilt restaurant, now striking out on his own.

Life Lessons in Gardening

Brent Ridge of Beekman 1802 discusses leaving Martha behind for dirty feet and early morning pig feedings.

Tony Bourdain Would Pimp for Prada

The No Reservations star shares his plans, real and imagined.

The Yogurt of Beers

Cask ale, a naturally carbonated, handcrafted beer, finally catches on.

From Scarface to Key Lime Pie

A culinary tour of seedy-but-cool Red Hook, Brooklyn