tips

• FoodAndCookings
• A Game of Squash
  Opening the gourd is a challenge; we round up some advice.

• Medias
• The Happy Handshake
  What your catering staff is hoping for at the end of an evening.
• Home Cooking Mistakes
  Keith Law says you're doing it wrong, and the blogosphere responds.
• Purple Is Not a Fruit
  And other lessons on healthy eating from The Simpsons.
• The San Francisco Restaurant: Endangered?
  A controversial San Francisco Chronicle story says experienced cooks are becoming a rare species in the city.

• Stories
• Wait! Before You Bake…
  Eight tips that will make all the difference
• Dinner with a Tightwad
  Should you augment a bad tip, and how?
• Bad Dinner, No Tip
  Is it ever OK to stiff the waitstaff?