Good Label, Bad Wine

CHOW tastes wines with great labels and discovers the duds. (By Michele Foley)

Cheesy Italian-esque Hot Pocket

This week’s mission: doughy calzone-type treats and a desperate cranberry move. (By James Norton)

Dumped Over Dinner

Is it OK to break up in restaurants? (By Helena Echlin)

Emasculated Breakfast Cereal

This week’s mission: a pink version of an old favorite, and blatant greenwashing. (By James Norton)

Batali, High and Low

Mario Batali’s new cookbook, “Mario Tailgates NASCAR Style,” targets a different audience altogether. (By Sara Dickerman)

What Turkey Should I Buy?

Check out what Chowhounds say before you do your Thanksgiving shopping.

The answer to this puzzle is mostly that there is no answer to this puzzle. (By C. Thi Nguyen)

Where to find limited-edition T-shirts for lovers of hamburgers, hot dogs, and steaks. (By Kara Zuaro)

Iowa woman filters coffee through bat. (By Miriam Wolf)

Pillsbury Bake-Off winner pens memoir. (By Tea Austen Weaver)

First Colony Collapse Disorder, now hive heists threaten honeybees and their keepers. (By Tea Austen Weaver)

Negative posts have been accumulating over the last year about the rapid and puzzling decline in quality at the previously reliable Empress Pavilion. Chandavkl passes on the word on the street in Chinatown: Apparently two chefs... (By C. Thi Nguyen)

Cabernet Sauvignon is a textbook example of a wine that pairs terribly with chocolate. (By Daniel Duane)

Where to go for an epic meal in the Bay Area. (By Cicely Wedgeworth)

We’re all busy all the time—email, voicemail, work, gym, friends, family. But you gotta eat, right? Have we simply become too busy to cook? (By Tea Austen Weaver)