Italian Meatballs

Ground pork, turkey, and beef packed with herbs and fennel seeds.

A Cheese Primer

CHOW’s guide to the major cheese types.

Cream Cheese Pinwheels

Crisp cream cheese cookies filled with raspberry jam.

Chestnut Gnocchi with Robiola Cheese Sauce

Gnocchi are taken to the next level with chestnut flour.

Soy Cheese That Isn't Hateful

This week’s mission: shelf-stable chili and fake cheese fragments.

Ricotta Gnocchi with Wild Boar Ragu

Light, cheesy pillows of pasta with a hearty sauce.

Killer Apps

Cheese, yes. Olives, sure. But what else do you offer guests at a tail party? Here are the crowd-pleasing hors d’oeuvres, the ones that are never left over at the end of the party.

Keep Your Eyes Off My Dish

Is it OK to ogle other people’s orders?

Know Your Peppers

CHOW’s visual guide to chile peppers.

The Great White Hope

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

Waiter, There's a Pig's Ear in My Soup

Your chef might be slipping you some offal.

Magnetic Fields

Induction cooktops cook hot, stay cool.

Hold the Cream of Mushroom Soup

From Bismarck to St. Paul to Madison, new high-end restaurants are embracing such local cuisine as fried walleye and wild-rice porridge. Call it the birth of northwoods chic.

Tasty Kosher Products

Kosherfest debuts chocolate liqueur and treats for doggies.

Mole in the Mountains

A gastronomic adventure in Xalapa, Mexico.