Whole Grains with Flavor

Or a grain of barley, or couscous, or anything whole and wholesome. (By Nicole Spiridakis)

Vote for Your Favorite Fake Fruit

This week’s mission: frozen veggies and fake meat to add to eggs, plus new Mountain Dew sodas. (By James Norton)

How Do They Get a Pear in a Bottle of Eau de Vie?

Is that fruit fake? (By Michele Foley)

Why Do You Put an Apple in a Roasting Pig's Mouth?

It’s like putting lipstick on a pig. (By Roxanne Webber)

Going Pear-Shaped

Why do pears seem to have missed the heirloom train? (By Traci Vogel)

Beyond Ketchup and Mustard

Our favorite condiments for your spreading, dipping, and dribbling pleasure. (By Regan Burns)

10 Tips for a Healthy Diet

Help along your New Year’s resolution. (By Lessley Anderson)

Dour Cookies for a Desert Island

This week’s mission: healthy whole-grain cookies, and fancy juice blends. (By James Norton)

What to Do with Plain Yogurt

Drink it, make cheese with it, cook with it instead of sour cream or buttermilk. (By Aida Mollenkamp and Regan Burns)

Shockingly Tasty Fruitcakes

Start now, finish aging by Christmas.

A Real Summer Red

Lagrein is lively and peppery. (By Jordan Mackay)

Take Your Lunch to Work: Roasted Chicken

One bird; five easy, varied, and quick lunches.

Make Your Own Preserves

How to hold on to summer’s best produce: canning.

Snack Time for Lazarus

This week’s mission: superfood bars and stovetop comfort-food kits. (By James Norton)

Tumbler Full of Wine

How to be casual with the vino. (By Jordan Mackay)