The New York Times compares Domino's new "Brooklyn-Style Pizza" with actual, if elusive, Brooklyn-style pizzas. Best quote in the story comes from Marty Markowitz, Brooklyn borough president: "It's a multinational right-wing company, mass marketing the Brooklyn attitude with obsolete ethnic stereotypes, not to mention flimsy crusts."

Daily Candy shares the recipe for Absinthe's deelish Ginger Rogers cocktail.

Clotilde of Chocolate & Zucchini offers a Thanksgiving-worthy recipe for Aged Gouda and Dried Pear Scones, and explores the Transatlantic differences between definitions of scones and biscuits while she's at it.

Alton Brown creates homemade microwave popcorn. Must try this weekend.

Having never even heard of Indian Pudding before, I ran into four references to the early American dessert (a more elaborate version of Hasty Pudding) last week alone: a recipe in Real Simple, another at a site with slow-cooker recipes, another in Everyday Food, and yet another in the Splendid Table's weekly e-mail newsletter, The Baker's Chronicle. Am I being stalked?

There's a burgeoning urban winemaking scene in the East Bay. Tasting rooms in Alameda, Berkeley, and Oakland! Note to self: Put these on the list of places to take visiting out-of-towners (that's you, Mom and Dad).