What to eat. What not to eat.

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• The State of the Cookie Bubbie's mandelbrot and Aunt Pearl's bourbon balls.
  Sara Dickerman Dec. 11, 2008
  
• Don't Wet-Brine Your Turkey. Do Stir-Fry Your Sweet Potatoes. Slate's guide to online Thanksgiving advice.
  Sara Dickerman Nov. 25, 2008
  
• A Short History of the Bagel From ancient Egypt to Lender's.
  Joan Nathan Nov. 12, 2008
  
• Eat Your Spherified Vegetables! Trying out molecular gastronomy on my picky son.
  Sara Dickerman Oct. 8, 2008
  
• What's in a Number? How the press got the idea that food travels 1,500 miles from farm to plate.
  Jane Black Sept. 17, 2008
  
• I'll Have the Banana Pancake Flambé Stonehenge The creepy joy of cooking with Vincent Price.
  Paul Collins Aug. 20, 2008
  
• Food Fight The four barriers to the genetically modified–food revolution—and why no one is talking about them.
  Paul Roberts Aug. 8, 2008
  
• Beyond Wontons A new cookbook showcases recipes from China's ethnic minorities.
  Nicholas Day Aug. 5, 2008
  
• The Great Vegan Honey Debate Is honey the dairy of the insect world?
  Daniel Engber July 30, 2008
  
• Husbands and Knives Can a book teach my husband to dice onions, slice bagels, and core strawberries?
  Sara Dickerman July 2, 2008
  
• There Will Be Chicken Blood The gritty truth about urban farming.
  L.E. Leone June 4, 2008
  
• Meatless Like Me I may be a vegetarian, but I still love the smell of bacon.
  Taylor Clark May 7, 2008
  
• The Myth of the 30-Minute Meal Gordon Ramsay says he can make you a more efficient cook. Don't believe him.
  Laura Shapiro April 23, 2008
  
• The Extravagant Gourmets Why the food press rarely talks about dollars and cents.
  Sara Dickerman April 16, 2008
  
• Fish Foam and Spherified Mango Juice Will Spanish avant-garde cuisine stand the test of time?
  Lisa Abend March 26, 2008
  
• How Hungry Is Hillary Clinton? An analysis of the candidate's taste buds.
  Mimi Sheraton Feb. 20, 2008
  
• Jean-Claude Vrinat Remembering the world-class Paris restaurateur.
  Mike Steinberger Jan. 9, 2008