Bagel Felony

This week’s mission: Healthier rice/potato chips and cream cheese–filled bagel cylinders.

Steppin' Up Your Cheese Game

This week’s mission: frozen diet dinners featuring fruit, and classy cheese vehicles.

Joyless, Sullen Brown Brick

This week’s mission: healthy candy bars and high-end Pringles.

Venial Vegetable Trickery

This week’s mission: a snack mix with Cheerios, and frozen vegetables with health claims.

Dour Cookies for a Desert Island

This week’s mission: healthy whole-grain cookies, and fancy juice blends.

Microwave Pasta Sauce Face-Off

This week’s mission: Ragú and Bertolli bagged pasta sauces go head to head.

Kitchen Timers

Keep food from burning, in style.

Cheesy Beefy Melt and Simple Harvest Hot Cereal

This week’s mission: a new comforting burrito and wholesome, flavored oatmeal for adults.

Luxury Wine for Less

Semifancy wines to drink over the holidays.

Cheesy Chips Mellow Out

This week’s mission: A subtler take on a corn chip favorite, and a terrific “natural” fruit drink.

From Tub to Mouth

This week’s mission: premade spreadable cheesecake filling and high-end mass-market soups.

I Do (Eat)

Get the most out of your wedding caterer.

Ultimate Boy Toy

Meat slicers can create dramatic cuts at home for a little more than the cost of a good knife.

Deli Creations and Salad Spritzers

This week’s mission: personally assembled fake deli sandwiches and the Binaca of salad dressing.

Wine Online

Where to buy vino while surfing the Web.