But I Only Have Plastic

How restaurants should handle "cash only."

I Do (Eat)

Get the most out of your wedding caterer.

Have a Barbera

The over-planted Italian everyday wine gets refined.

Unforbidden Fruit

How to help yourself from your neighbors' trees.

So Close, Yet So Far

Why don’t you hear about Mendocino wine?

Michael Ruhlman's So Rational

He’s got a new book and a message to Americans: Get a cooking scale and some sharp knives.

Why Do You Put an Apple in a Roasting Pig's Mouth?

It’s like putting lipstick on a pig.

Vote for Your Favorite Fake Fruit

This week’s mission: frozen veggies and fake meat to add to eggs, plus new Mountain Dew sodas.

10 Reasons Why Whole Foods Is Annoying

For example: carob-glazed doughnut holes.

Not-So-Secret Blend

Notes on the Brunello wine scandal.

Why Is Kosher Salt Called "Kosher" Salt?

What’s so kosher about it?

What to Do with Plain Yogurt

Drink it, make cheese with it, cook with it instead of sour cream or buttermilk.

Monte Bianco

An airy, snowcapped mountain of chestnuts and chocolate.

But I Only Drank Water!

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

What Should I Drink?

Food and drink go well together. Or do they?