Welcome to Make or Buy, in which we figure out whether it's worth it to make an ingredient from scratch, or shell out for the store bought version. Today: Should you make your own chicken stock?

There are days when my husband and I are incredibly homesick for chicken karahi. When we lived in San Francisco we would order it every other week from Shalimar, a restaurant in the Tenderloin.

There's a reason chicken nuggets or tenders are on most kids' menus across the country. Crunchy and bite-sized, this portable food is pretty fun to eat. But many deep-fried restaurant versions contain ...

It's an easy recipe to make: Brown sausage and chopped vegetables, and add chicken stock, canned beans, store-bought ...