Mark McClusky, special projects editor at Wired, just showed CHOW his go-to recipe for making fancy schmancy homemade Velveeta-style cheese which means you can steal his recipe and do the same thing. So instead of eating delicious processed cheese, you can gorge on delicious homemade cheese! More »
Hearing Anthony Bourdain, Eric Ripert, José Andrés and April Bloomfield talk about their favourite kitchen tools won’t make you a better chef. But that doesn’t mean you can’t learn from them. More »
When it comes to the kitchen, simplicity reigns supreme. Cooking gadgets and tools are novel, but more often than not they’re better in concept than actuality. The Twist Whisk, which transforms from a flat whisk to a balloon whist, appears to be a bit of an anomaly. More »
It is a crime against humanity, for at least those who cook, that Meike Harde’s beautiful Quix handheld mixer only exists as a concept prototype. Because it somehow improves upon every one I’ve ever used with a design that’s actually simpler. More »
Remember when you first learned about the power of levers? And how (in theory) you could even use one to move a mountain? Well Kuhn Rikon has applied the same principles to a spice grinder, but on a smaller scale. More »
You love booze. You love ice cream. Unfortunately, if you cram ice cream full of alcohol, it won’t freeze. If only there were a way… THERE IS! Meet the ladies who cracked the code. More »
Since dangling pots and pans over a campfire at arms length is generally inadvisable and supporting your griddle with large rocks is downright barbaric, you’ll need something else to suspend your cookware over the open flames. This ingenious modular grill should do nicely. More »
How do you make barbecuing more awesome? More fire, of course! Whether you’re kickin’ it coal-school or setting fire to a steady stream of volatile gas, it never hurts (well, sometimes it does) to pump up the volume. More »
