The Associated Press: California voters rejected a ballot proposition to make their state the first in the nation to require labeling of genetically modified foods. -- Patrick Farrell SF Weekly: The election is over! You can go back to wasting time clicking on pictures of a daikon radish that looks like a running man. -- Jeff Gordinier The New York Times: How have the country's top presidential historians come to best understand President Obama? Over dinner, of course -- many dinners. -- Patrick Farrell Bloomberg Businessweek: Study the graphic, and realize that pumpkin proliferation has gotten way out of hand. Consider Entenmann's Harvest Pumpkin Donuts (judged "annoying"), Pumpkin Pie Pop-Tarts (deemed "alarming") and Pringles Pumpkin Pie Spice (described as "apocalyptic"). - Glenn Collins Honest Cooking: An honestly baffled review of Jean-Georges Vongerichten's flagship restaurant in Columbus Circle; but what does that phrase "seems to lack a clear direction" really mean? -- Julia Moskin The Santa Barbara Independent: Insight from a California artichoke farmer: "The heavier the choke, the meatier the choke." (A thick stem means you're getting a bigger heart.) -- Jeff Gordinier The New York Times: The nation's peanut crop is having a great season, even if its peanut farmers are not. ... The Washington Post: ... While another Southern specialty has a similar moment of ambivalence: As barbecue conquers the world, is it losing its soul? -- Patrick Farrell The Wall Street Journal: Sorry, looks as if everyone is stuck with that ho-hum old heart-healthy diet, according to a prestigious new research study. There is no silver bullet against heart attack and stroke - specifically, Centrum Silver, a multivitamin - and taking one a day doesn't reduce the risk of getting these diseases. Oh yes: you need to exercise, too. - Glenn Collins The Guardian: Coconut water won't make you look like Rihanna, says Katy Salter. But it's still probably healthier than soda. -- Jeff Gordinier Zester Daily: The New Orleans food expert Poppy Tooker dissects the authenticity of the food on the HBO drama "Treme," in which a main character is a chef based on the real world's Susan Spicer. -- Julia Moskin The Economist: Did you know that New Zealand has a third of the world's dairy trade, and that dairy products are a quarter of the country's exports? Well, its farmers know, and they are angry at Fonterra, a $16.4-billion dairy cooperative, for cutting milk prices drastically. - Glenn Collins