Home's a Brewin': Beer News

So much win

BY Ivy Le

11th Hour Holiday Shopping?

Homegrown art makes a good fit for every stocking

BY Robert Faires

Book Review: 'Wine Grapes: A Complete Guide to 1,368 Vine Varieties...'

Astonishing and encyclopedic, a necessity for wine lovers

BY Wes Marshall

Ranger's Small Batch No. 4 Is Released

Commence Christmas shopping

BY Ivy Le

Boxing Day

Box sets dwindle but not in scope

By Raoul Hernandez

Sufjan Stevens

Complete catalogs trump career overviews

By Jim Caligiuri

William Basinski

By Luke Winkie

Blue Öyster Cult

By Raoul Hernandez

Woody Guthrie

By Luke Winkie

Surf-Age Nuggets: Trash & Twang Instrumentals 1959-1966

By Greg Beets

Preservation Hall Jazz Band

By Scott Jordan

Ellington, Mingus, Monk

By Jay Trachtenberg

Blur

By Raoul Hernandez

Roxy Music

By Michael Toland

Home Entertainment for the Holidays

Best bets for DVD and Blu-ray

The Incredible Mel Brooks: An Irresistible Collection of Unhinged Comedy

By Robert Faires

Francis Ford Coppola 5-Film Collection

By Marjorie Baumgarten

The Carol Burnett Show: The Ultimate Collection

By Anne Harris

How to Enjoy Movies Without the Eyestrain

More gifts for film fans

By Kimberley Jones

Not Quite the Usual Holiday Gift Ideas

Something a little different for your loved ones this year

BY Wayne Alan Brenner

Holiday Tamales From Santa Rita Tex-Mex Cantina

Two varieties of tamales are ready to order

BY Virginia B. Wood

Gift Guide: Pet Edition

Don't forget about the furry friends this holiday season

BY Monica Riese

Politics Gift Guide, Part II

For the pot smokers, pacifists, and stamp collectors in your life

By Jordan Smith, Michael King

Mrs. Santa's Book Bag

An international smorgasbord with something for every palate

By Virginia B. Wood

Jewish Holiday Cooking

By Amy Kritzer

Japanese Farm Food

By Jessi Cape

India: The Cookbook

By Mick Vann

The Lebanese Kitchen

By Mick Vann

The Brown Betty Cookbook

By Kate Thornberry

Dinner, a Love Story

By Melanie Haupt

Glow: Tastes From a Tiny Boathouse

By MM Pack

Pecans: A Savor the South Cookbook

By Gracie Salem

To Have and Have Another: A Hemingway Cocktail Companion

By Gracie Salem

Wines of the Southern Hemisphere: The Complete Guide

By Wes Marshall

CookFight: 2 Cooks, 12 Chal­lenges, 125 Recipes, An Epic Battle for Kitchen Dominance

By MM Pack

The Epicurious Cookbook

By Kate Thornberry

The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook

By Melanie Haupt

Lagniappes from the Baking Shelf

By Virginia B. Wood

The Ties That Bind: Wrapped Up in Books

One last batch of music books for 2012

By Raoul Hernandez

Waging Heavy Peace: A Hippie Dream

Neil gets sober, but stays hippie

By Jim Caligiuri

Still the Greatest: The Essential Songs of the Beatles' Solo Career

Solo song index versus illustrations.

By Wayne Alan Brenner

Kicking and Dreaming: A Story of Heart, Soul, and Rock & Roll

The Wilson sisters kicked ass and name names.

By Greg Beets

Jimi Hendrix: A Brother's Story

Jimi's brother Leon has some insight, yes.

By Kevin Curtin

Bruce Springsteen and the Promise of Rock & Roll

Can't get academic on the Boss' keister.

By Doug Freeman

Mick Jagger

Love and hope and sex and dreams still survive in Mick Jagger.

By Margaret Moser

Makeup to Breakup: My Life In and Out of Kiss

Kiss drummer may be the only one in the original band with any integrity, but it's still a sorry tale.

By Raoul Hernandez

Who I Am

The Who's heart and soul for 500 pages.

By Michael Toland

The Art of Punk

Don't dance about architecture, simply flip through the art of punk.

By Wayne Alan Brenner

A Light That Never Goes Out: The Enduring Saga of the Smiths

Discovering the Smiths.

By Michael Toland

The Alternative Hero

Fictional account of a UK Eighties has-been band.

By Zoe Cordes Selbin

A Gift for Every Gamer

Put yourself in the shoes of your gaming giftee and answer the following questions on your path to the perfect purchase.

By James Renovitch

Coffee Table Iconoclasts

Oversized books and outsized personalities

By Kimberley Jones

Shopping Guide: Vote With Your Wallet

Bain Capital's surprising influence, plus Small Business Saturday

BY Monica Riese

2012 Politics Gift Guide

Holiday picks for the news nerd of the family

By the News Staff

'A Conga Line of Incongruous Celebrities'

Sam Staggs chronicles the extraordinary life of a Hollywood gadabout in 'Inventing Elsa Maxwell'

By Margaret Moser