The CHOW Guide to Eating and Drinking in Austin, SXSW edition

From Tex-Mex to high-end, CHOW brings you the best eating and drinking locations in Austin.

The Year in Food 2008

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

Grit and Grub in San Francisco's Tenderloin

From down-and-out to up-and-coming— the city’s next Mission District.

Wine.com set up a series of stings on other retailers, which could increase wine prices for consumers.

Competitions, Wine guides, Wine Critics, Wine Magazines.........they are all “references” but they can all (in some form or other) stand accused of biased judgement and advice. Nonetheless, many of us (all?) refer to them as...

On Shabbos, as the weather is starting to turn on the East Coast, and Cholent season is starting, a bunch of us decided to have a shabbos cholent competition. Just wondering if anyone has done this, and if so, how did you do it?...

I had to leave earlier then i wanted and did not see the results.

Below is an interesting link to a “riesling-only” wine competition.... an event that’s been held annually in France for the past 8 plus years. The linked page contains the further links to the winners of each...

My significant other is getting together with 3 of his friends this upcoming weekend. They do this every year & take turns planning competitive events – so he has thought of doing something similar to the ‘Iron...

Do They Serve Lobster in Jail?

Maine man accused of inadvertently setting a competitive eating record during classy seafood break-in.

I attended the 2007 competition, and I found it quite fun. Attendees lined up for a serving of the chefs' dishes at their respective stations, and there was a matching wine for each. Lots to eat and drink if you made your...

were the first seated. The place subsequently filled up fast. I was pleasantly surprised they had a liquor license but wasn’t impressed by their draft beer and wine offerings. I had a 1/3# burger with red onions, blue...

Mold. One place I worked at had a Snickers cake for birthday cakes: Chocolate cake w/Chocolate icing with cut up snickers on the top as decoration and caramel drizzled all over. Lastly, I went to a wine tasting event that...

Well, I understand that it is a great experience and that they are building a facility in the Northwest and then in New York. From what they say the final per-bottle cost should be competitive ( about $ 15,00/20,00) with wines of...

now. On the other hand, it is incredible how many different Italian wines are available in the U.S. Evidently, shipping by full containers is almost free because the U.S. prices are competitive with prices in Italy