Make Your Own Candy Bars

Corner-store sweets go high-end.

Recycle the contents of your kids’ Halloween treat bags with these recipes. (By Miriam Wolf)

On Tuesday the maker of Snickers said it would discontinue its latest ad, responding to complaints by gay-rights organizations that the commercial was homophobic. (By Christy Harrison)

Farm-to-Table Trend Hits Campbell's

This week’s mission: social-climbing canned soup and frozen burritos. (By James Norton)

Vegans Aren't Misanthropes

Chef Isa Chandra Moskowitz talks about her latest cookbook. (By Lessley Anderson)

The Other Napa

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

One men’s magazine re-envisions these manly treats as health food. (By Kara Zuaro)

Some Moscoto d’Asti with your candy corn, madam? Grown-up ways to deal with Halloween leftovers. (By Stephanie Rosenbaum)

Which supermarket items do you buy when money is tight? (By Kara Zuaro)

What do the nutritionists, dentists, and other health advocates pass out on Halloween night? Inquiring minds (and the L. A. Times) want to know. (By Miriam Wolf)

Steve Almond analyzes your Halloween candy-giving choices. (By Miriam Wolf)

Here’s what to sip with your candy. (By Kara Zuaro)

Wondering what Sam Talbot and Mike Midgley have been up to since the end of Top Chef’s second season? (By Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic)

Fighting hard not to give in to your food cravings? A new study says a little of what you fancy keeps you from pigging out. (By Joyce Slaton)

One-handed eating is all the rage at the Minnesota State Fair, and this blog gets it all on video, from the deep-fried Twinkies to the hot dish on a stick. (By Stephanie Rosenbaum)