Pumpkin Pie with Spiced Crust

Taking the quintessential Thanksgiving pie to a new level.

Eat Your Lawn

A new wave of gardeners replants front yards with food.

Pastry Puffs That Look Catered

This week’s mission: pseudo-elegant frozen pastry bites, and Wheat Thins with more fiber.

What Does "Heirloom" Mean?

Seeds passed from generation to generation.

Where Does Your Wine Come From?

Real places versus dreamed-up marketing ploys.

Seed Saving for Beginners

Adapt plants to your own private patch of dirt.

Why Do You Need a Nonreactive Bowl for Some Recipes?

It’s a matter of flavor and color.

Another Secretly High-Calorie Salad

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

Fake Accent

Some foods you think are “ethnic” actually aren’t.

Just Add Water

A taste test of dehydrated backpackers' chili.

A West Sonoma Road Trip

Tasting rooms and dining rooms in our favorite slice of Northern California wine country.

10 Food-Related Charities

Put your money toward gifts that benefit good causes.

10 Simple Ways to Be More Green

That don’t involve extra money, time, or even effort.

10 Ways to Barter for Food

I’ve got zucchini if you’ve got tomatoes.

The New Hippie Kitchen

Cooking the iconoclast way, in yurts, tepees, and more.