Sweet Salvation

Count on these mail-order chocolates for last-minute holiday gifts. (By Roxanne Webber)

Throw My Wedding

Is it OK to ask friends to help with your reception? (By Helena Echlin)

Winter 2008 Gift Guide

There’s never been a better time to give.

10 Little Luxuries

Because small splurges can bring big happiness. (By Roxanne Webber)

Too Poor for Drinks

Staying home is the new going out. (By Helena Echlin)

Mushrooms Will Save the World

And other findings from Taste^3^ 2007. (By Meredith Arthur and Lessley Anderson)

The Year in Food 2008

What we ate, what the candidates ate, what the Olympians ate.

Winter 2006 Gift Guide

Give like you’ve never given before.

Summer 2009 Gift Guide

All your warm-weather gifting needs met. (By Lessley Anderson and Roxanne Webber)

Holiday Central

Recipes, menus, gifts, and entertaining tips for all your celebratory needs.

The Other Napa

What’s worth doing in the Napa Valley: a travel guide to the wine country. (By Ella Lawrence)

When you buy a bottle of Coca-Cola, you expect it to be bottled at a Coca-Cola distributor and not be a rinsed-out “genuine Coca-Cola bottle” filled with a “cola-like carbonated beverage." (By Luke Knowland)

Michel’s even offers black pepper flavor. (By C. Thi Nguyen)

Hang around Martine’s at the right time of day and you can watch fancy European-style sweets made by hand from Belgian Callebaut chocolate, French butter, fresh cream, and other top-quality ingredients. (By Mark Hokoda)

Would it be possible to share his last meal? (By Daniel Duane)