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• What Beast Is This? The trouble with Christmas dinner.
  Liesl Schillinger Dec. 23, 2005
  
• Kitchen Confidential Professional chefs reveal their shortcuts.
  Jill Hunter Pellettieri Dec. 21, 2005
  
• Bon Appetizer! My quest for the perfect hors d'oeuvre.
  Sara Dickerman Dec. 15, 2005
  
• The Lion, the Witch, and the Really Foul Candy In pursuit of Turkish Delight.
  Liesl Schillinger Dec. 9, 2005
  
• Star Wars Did Michelin lower the bar for New York?
  Mike Steinberger Nov. 7, 2005
  
• Down With Gloves Why chefs shouldn't have to wear them.
  Sara Dickerman Sept. 28, 2005
  
• The Slurpee at 40 Has it grown up?
  David Amsden Sept. 14, 2005
  
• A Confederacy of Lunches New Orleans' best meals, and how to make them.
  Sara Dickerman Sept. 9, 2005
  
• The White Stuff How vanilla became shorthand for bland.
  Amanda Fortini Aug. 10, 2005
  
• The Slowest Food Why American chefs have taken up sous-vide cooking.
  Sara Dickerman July 20, 2005
  
• Rachael Ray Why food snobs should quit picking on her.
  Jill Hunter Pellettieri July 13, 2005
  
• The Way the Cookie Crumbles How much did Proust know about madeleines?
  Edmund Levin May 11, 2005
  
• Defending Quorn It's made of fungus, but it's the best fake meat we've got.
  Sara Dickerman May 7, 2005
  
• Dough Boy Showdown Why we love the Pillsbury Bake-Off.
  Sara Dickerman April 29, 2005
  
• A Short History of the Chinese Restaurant From stir-fried buffalo to Matzoh Foo Young.
  Gish Jen April 27, 2005
  
• Thoroughly Modern Millet How to eat whole grains.
  Sara Dickerman March 25, 2005
  
• French Women Do Too Get Fat What the best seller neglects to mention.
  Kate Taylor Feb. 23, 2005
  
• Bloody Hell's Kitchen The foul-mouthed British chef who could save food TV.
  Sara Dickerman Jan. 5, 2005