What to eat. What not to eat.

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• Not a Turkey in the Bunch Christmas feasts from the top-five food magazines.
  Sara Dickerman Dec. 22, 2004
  
• Historical Fiction How do medieval-themed restaurants get it wrong?
  Mark Schatzker Oct. 6, 2004
  
• How Frugal Is Gourmet? A practical new cookbook from the famously extravagant magazine.
  Laura Shapiro Sept. 29, 2004
  
• Food Fright Today's pregnant women are afraid to eat sushi, tuna, peanut butter, aioli, coffee, bologna, and more. Was it always this way?
  Sara Dickerman Sept. 15, 2004
  
• How To Read Mastering the Art of French Cooking Six recipes Julia Child would want you to make.
  Sara Dickerman Aug. 16, 2004
  
• The Cold Shoulder Why food snobs shouldn't snub the freezer.
  Sara Dickerman June 24, 2004
  
• Eat a Peach How do you choose the sweetest, ripest summer fruit?
  Jill Hunter Pellettieri June 9, 2004
  
• Escalated Dining Is mall food becoming classy?
  Sara Dickerman May 21, 2004
  
• Offal Good Why upscale chefs are serving euphemistically named "variety meats."
  Patrick Keefe April 22, 2004
  
• Taste Whisky With Slate And discover the wonders of peat.
  David Edelstein March 12, 2004
  
• Carni-Fuhrer Why one vegetarian activist is obsessed with Hitler's diet.
  Alex Frangos Feb. 26, 2004
  
• Oh, Deer Is chronic wasting disease the new mad cow?
  Sara Dickerman Feb. 26, 2004
  
• Make It New How the pursuit of novelty has caused haute cuisine to go mass market.
  Sara Dickerman Jan. 28, 2004