Strip Search

A new snack to have with your margarita

We know tequila's type: sour and salty. Such characteristics are what make xoconostle strips the new best friend to all things agave. The name may be confounding (it's pronounced...

Grape Power

A menu you'll want to toast

Did your invitation to a wine-country crush party get lost in the mail this year? Ours did, too. No worries: You can have your own wine-themed dinner without squashing a single...

Real Housewives of Oaxaca

Diana Kennedy documents Mexico's home kitchens

In the United States, our benchmark for Mexican food is misplaced in burritos, quesadillas and all their generic renditions. It's understandable: No taco chain could hope to convey...

Party with Purpose

How eating with friends can help the Gulf Coast

The oil well may be capped, but fishermen, wildlife and miles of coastline continue to suffer in the wake of this summer's catastrophic spill. Luckily, this crude cloud has a...

Playing Ketchup

The classic condiment is refreshed

There's a good reason for the common childhood proclivity toward ketchup: Even for the most particular palate, the beloved condiment can make anything taste good. But despite...

Amateur Hour

Renegade food 'zines flourish

Gourmet may be gone, but its passing hardly marks the end of your culinary collectibles. The phoenix out of those ashes is a scrappier (but no less delicious) animal known as the...