18,000 Bottles of Wine for Sale: The restaurant La Tour d'Argent in Paris will sell 18,000 of its 450,000 bottles of wine (one dating from before the French Revolution) at a public auction in Paris.

Cancer from the Kitchen: In his editorial, Nicolas D. Kristof asks us to remember the staggering number of chemicals around us (especially those in plastics) as we reconsider the healthcare system and how to improve it.

Applebees: More Competitive Than Harvard: More than 6,500 people applied for 120 jobs at a new Applebee's in the Bronx. Photo portraits of those who were hired here.

Boite: Avenue, a new "gastrolounge" in Chelsea.

Shaken & Stirred: The signature cocktail at the new restaurant Tipsy Parson is the Concord Grape Frozen Mint Julep.

Book reviews, pig's heads, travel, and more.

Holiday Books for Cooks: In the Book Review this week, reviews of two books on food and love: Julie Powell's new book on butchering, "Cleaving" and Michelle Maisto's "The Gastronomy of Marriage." Also, a large roundup of cookbooks to give for the holidays by the food editor of The New York Times Magazine. Plus, a web extra of 20 more cookbooks.

Cooking With Dexter: This week, an ode to boiling water and recipes for Warm Rice Salad with Smoked Duck and Mashed Carrots and Potatoes.

Marriage and a Pig's Head: This week's magazine cover story on one marriage includes a foodie husband who cuts up a frozen pig's head for stock with a saw.

T Magazine Holiday 2009: In the magazine, comfort food in Paris, Thomas Keller's caramel sauce, the Samurai Shopper does a burger tasting, brunch in Palm Springs, the Nifty Fifty List includes Momofuku pastry chef Christina Tosi and sustainable food advocate Anya Fernald, watch out for that Wine Flu, and Kurt Gutenbrunner, restaurateur.

Travel: 36 Hours in South Beach, a lardo ice cream sandwich in San Diego, Haji Lane in Singapore is filled with trendy cafes, where to eat in Senegal, organic bread baked in a clay oven in Berlin, and Prague, one pint of craft beer at a time.

Regional Dining: Chefs who do in-home cooking lessons in New Jersey, La Belle Aurore in Niantic, Connecticut, Pollo a la Brasa Misti in Port Chester, New York, Larchmont Meateria in Larchmont, New York, and Public House 49 in Patchogue, New York.