• Making pasta at home is the perfect cooking project for kids. — Los Angeles Times
• A New York judge awarded $4.6 million to 36 underpaid delivery workers. — New York Times
• How are new restaurant projects preparing for hard times ahead? — Boston Globe
• Spike Mendelsohn of Top Chef offers a primer on cooking Vietnamese. — Washington Post
• The right tools and ingredients are the secret to making golden loaves at home. — Chicago Tribune
• Which store-bought turkey bacon brand tastes the best? — San Francisco Chronicle
• Ferment your own sauerkraut with this basic recipe.— The Oregonian
• In response to overfishing, several conservation groups have worked together to produce sustainable sushi guides. Get your pocket sushi selector today. — Associated Press

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A Warren, MI, pizzeria is exchanging free pizza in return for McCain campaign signs.

"Turn in your sign, get some free food," offers Diana Franzoni, owner of Salvatore's Pizzeria, the restaurant giving away the pizza. Still seething over the fact that McCain pulled out of the battleground state, she contends: "McCain gave up on Michigan, so you should give up on him."

Salvatore's, which has collected hundreds of signs in the past two weeks, has become the center of controversy. The pizza-sign exchange has led to many signs being stolen from supporters' front lawns. "You're putting a bounty on a McCain sign for a pizza," said one supporter whose sign was stolen. The McCain camp has admonished the offer as "wrong," saying that true McCain supporters would not be likely to give up their signs for free pizza.

Watch the video and let me know your take on it: Is the offer spirited and fun, or reminiscent of a nasty campaign?

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Wow your family midweek with this delicious chicken dinner. Flavorful chicken thighs are topped off with a scrumptious leek and pear pan-sauce. Currant jelly is the secret ingredient that gives the quick sauce a smooth texture and rich taste.

If you dislike chicken thighs, feel free to use chicken tenders or breasts, but note that the cooking time will differ. To check out this tasty recipe that highlights some of Fall's fabulous bounty, read more

When it comes to the World Series, it seems everyone is rooting for a different team, but there's one thing that all of America can get behind: free tacos.

Mexican fast food chain Taco Bell's "Steal a Base, Steal a Taco" campaign is back again this year. The promotion, which the fast food chain first launched last year, gives out free Crunchy Seasoned Beef Tacos to all customers if and when a player from any team during any game captures the first stolen base of the 2008 World Series.

There's only one way to find out if this year's World Series will crown a new Taco Bell hero. Will you be tuning in and rooting for your free taco?

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Yesterday I had the lovely opportunity of speaking with cookbook author and burger queen Katie Lee Joel over the phone. She was calling from New York City to set the record straight about her Burger Bash win. According to her critics, the Logan County Burger, which won fair and square, is not a burger at all, but rather a popular sandwich known as a patty melt. To find out what the soft-spoken, charming chef had to say, read more