White chocolate candy corn M&Ms? "Breathable" chocolate? Louisa Chu picks the best — and worst — candy for a fantasy night of Halloween trick-or-treating.

At the 2012 Chef Battle Royale, some of the city's most iconic restaurants created dishes for 800 attendees. Find out who won, and test your own knowledge of the city's global eats. 

The best food and drink events for this Halloween week including costume parties with chefs, kids and pups; a celebrity Cake Boy; and BBQ.

Uplands Cheese near Dodgeville, Wis., is redefining American cheese. Last week their young, raw milk, autumn-only Rush Creek Reserve cheese was released. It will sell out before it hits some stores.

A visit to Davidsons' Giant Pumpkin patch in Harvard, Illinois.

Made from real pumpkin and topped with real whipped cream and pumpkin seed brittle, this home-style slice is more than just old fashioned pie. 

This week, taste 168 apple pies by the slice and an all-you-can-eat pumpkin pie contest.