It's that time of year when the pumpkin flavored foods go all nutty. Pumpkin latte obsessions notwithstanding, it's easy to see madness in pumpkin cheesecake, pumpkin cookies, pumpkin ravioli, even pumpkin gum. But pumpkin beer? Have we gone too far?

"Here’s what I look for in a good, cheap wine," writes Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl. "Yes, of course it must be cheap, but more than that it must be good, that is, not just moderately tasty, but having something interesting to it too—something of greater dimension than mere soda pop. "

MSP's Foodie File blog gets more excited about Thanksgiving than any other holiday. You can imagine why.

It's only Champagne if it was produced in the Champagne region of France, but you can toast to the New Year with one of these American sparkling wines, hand selected by Bill Coy, MSP Magazine's wine columnist.

In response to the Star Tribune's recent list of "12 Things to Look Forward to in 2012", MSP Magazine has come out with their own list for 2012: Things to be very afraid of in 2012.

You may think summer is beer season, and maybe it is with all the lawnmower-beers and deck-chairs with kan koozies, but I think of summer beer season as a little, shall we say, light. Now fall beer season, that’s something complex and brainy, what with all the stouts and porters coming back like a hot pair of riding boots, not to mention some rauschbiers and harvesty hopped beers that just pair nicely with flannel and a wind-whipped fall day.

The first-ever Street Eat Awards in which we honor the local food truck scene.

Andrew Zimmern looks back at 2011 and weighs in on the best and worst meals, chefs and TV food moments.