The Prodigal Nut Returns

Welcome back, chestnut!

Hops Luxury

Damn the world shortage of my favorite beer ingredient.

Your Dog, the Gourmet

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

I'll Pay You to Kill My Steer

Free-range and grass-fed animals are big with consumers. So why won’t most American slaughterhouses kill them?

The Crema of the Crop

Our barista continues on the path to top honors.

Maps and Mash

Google maps plus food equals a cartographic cornucopia.

Steppin' Up Your Cheese Game

This week’s mission: frozen diet dinners featuring fruit, and classy cheese vehicles.

Return of the Oysters

Oyster aquaculture may help save the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem.

Hot Spring in Paris

An interview with Daniel Rose, the American chef of the most buzzed-about restaurant in Paris.

Kiwis and Grapes

New Zealand’s best Pinot Noir and Riesling.

Gotta Take This Call

Is it OK to answer your cell phone during dinner?

Foot Fetish

What’s with the “shoes off” rule?

Fungus Amongus

Coming soon: American-grown truffles.

The Year in Food 2008

What we ate, what the candidates ate, what the Olympians ate.

The Great White Hope

Riesling satisfies all tastes, but is there enough of it to go around?