Cover: Spice of Life
Laxmi Hiremath unveils the secrets of southern Indian cooking.

News: All Downhill?
Is the new hillside vineyard-planting ordinance a slippery slope?

Yankee Goes Home: Writer John Yewell haunts his family stomping grounds.

Understanding Gun Violence: Join Together Online, a project of the Boston University of Public Health, provides community resources for those trying to make sense out school shootings.

Up to the Task?: See how your kids' school did in the state Standardized Testing and Reporting program.

Climbing Up on Capitol Hill: Check up on the your Congressional Representatives and U.S. Senators--where they stand, how they voted.

A Guy Thing: Chicago blues guitar legend Buddy Guy fills some big shoes.

Kick Back and Relax: Robert Cray and mates find their comfort zone on soulful 'Take Your Shoes Off' album.

Sweet as Zin: Sonoma County's zinfandels emerge.

Heard It Through the Grapevine: Get to the root of all things wine.

Moon Walk: A Walk on the Moon is slick as patchouli oil.

Sexy Patter: In a perfect world, comic Marga Gomez would be a goddess.

Plain Talk: 'The Curse' digs beneath the euphemisms about menstruation.