NPR: Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, a k a the Brothers Grimm, were not all about fairy cakes, magic apples and candy houses. Turns out there was a startling amount of culinary gruesomeness: women, men and children chopped up, cooked and eaten. - Glenn Collins New York: If you've spent a lifetime avoiding quinces (and the work required to make them edible), here's a reason to finally buy them: They make a great air freshener. Here's another: Paula Wolfert's caramelized version. -- Patrick Farrell Gastronomica: The ever-erudite "Candy Professor" Samira Kawash on the amazing comeback (and long history) of chewy caramels. -- Julia Moskin Serious Eats: Yes, plenty of cocktails make sense for Thanksgiving, and they don't all have cranberries in them. ... Details: ... Meanwhile, why do bartenders keep messing with the Negroni? -- Jeff Gordinier Specialty Food: What's hot right now in the specialty-food trade? Try Beercandy (candies made with craft beer); hand-collected Pollen Ranch fennel pollen and dill pollen; and Bevanda al Balsamico, balsamic vinegar and cherry juice in a drink concentrate. - Glenn Collins The New York Times: Since 1971, a relief mural of a Cuban peasant harvesting sugar cane has greeted visitors to the Upper West Side home of Victor's Cafe and, later, Penang. It looked doomed with the arrival of Cafe Tallulah, but now the new restaurant has warmed to it. -- Patrick Farrell Food and Wine: The Cuban-American, NOLA-raised chef David Guas, who grew up eating black beans with his rice instead of the local kids' red, gets back to his roots in Havana. --Julia Moskin The Wall Street Journal: Wall Street bears are making a meal of Groupon Inc., as shares of the daily deals site keep sinking lower. The company's stock has declined to more than 80 percent below its initial public offering price of $20 last November. - Glenn Collins Gothamist: Fairway Market -- until the floods a crucial engine in the rise of Red Hook, Brooklyn -- won't reopen for another two or three months. -- Patrick Farrell Esquire: Tending bar is about keeping regulars comfortable and laying down the law. -- Jeff Gordinier Gawker: The dawn of a new, breakfast-inspired art genre: Cerealism. -- Patrick Farrell