Stories
CHOW Tip
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Video How to Remove Seeds from Canned Tomatoes
Repurposing a common kitchen tool.
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Video How to Prevent an Avocado from Browning
A semiscientific study shows the best method.
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Video How to Deal with Rusty Cast Iron
It’s not a castoff.
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Video How to Clean a Cast Iron Pan
Remember: no soap.
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Video Don’t Scrape Your Knife’s Blade …
Across the cutting board, for goodness sake!
Entertaining
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Thanksgiving for Beginners
Easy recipes with maximum flavor.
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Kick-Butt Kickoff Fare
Food fit for the toughest of tailgating crowds.
Feature
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The CHOW 13
Our first annual awards, presenting a baker’s dozen of provocateurs, trendsetters, and rabble-rousers.
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Seed Saving for Beginners
Adapt plants to your own private patch of dirt.
Nagging Question
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When Should You Stir Versus Shake a Cocktail?
It depends on what texture and look you are after.
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How Does Food Affect Your Dreams?
That duck a l’orange was a total nightmare.
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What’s the Difference Between a Digestif and an Apéritif?
If you speak French, the name says it all.
Obsessives
Project
Q&A
Supertaster
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More Fake Diet Chocolate
This week’s mission: an aerated candy bar.
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A Candy Upgrade
This week’s mission: high-end nut brittle.
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Nonalcoholic Wine-Flavored Soda
This week’s mission: a new libation for designated drivers.
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Good & Plenty Sacrilege!
This week’s mission: candy with extra spice.
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World of Warcraft–Flavored Soda
This week’s mission: a beverage for gamers.
Table Manners
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How to Host a Turkey-Free Thanksgiving
Getting the meat eaters to do without.
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Girls Who Hate Girly Drinks
Bad bartenders assume you’re wimpy.
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Virgin Drink Reminder
Party beverage advice for the holidays, or anytime.
The Basics
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The Basics: How to Make Cranberry Sauce
Lose the can this Thanksgiving.
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The Basics: How to Make Turkey Gravy
Possibly the best part of Thanksgiving.
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The Basics: How to Make Mashed Potatoes
Creamy, buttery, and good with Thanksgiving gravy.
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The Basics: How to Make Pumpkin Pie
A Thanksgiving holiday classic.
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The Basics: How to Make Apple and Sage Stuffing
Fresh flavors, no box for Thanksgiving.
The Juice
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Hold Your Wineglass the Right Way
Get your grubby fingers off.
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Not Your Grandmother’s Sherry
Manzanilla fino is the entry point into a new world.
The Ten
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10 Vegetarian Thanksgiving Dishes
Dishes that satisfy without the need for meat.
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10 Meads You Should Try
It’s not just for jousting tournaments anymore.
