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For his new book, the popular Food Network host hopped on a motorcycle to find the best road food along the Mississippi River. His flavorful picks range from deep-fried dishes to pickles soaked in Kool-Aid.

A destroyed Sanibel Causeway, eroded beaches and piled up boats are just some of the scenes of devastation that were captured.

From 1935 to 1939, an army of folklorists and writers went in search of tales both real and tall. These stories of America in the Great Depression were gathered by literary giants like Ralph Ellison, Zora Neale Hurston and Jim Thompson. A new book revisits the project.

Even as Ireland benefits from a booming high-tech economy, many are taking time to keep the past alive. The rural tradition of "rambling houses," where people gather for entertainment and fellowship, has been revived in County Kerry and elsewhere.

In their new book, Plenty: One Man, One Woman, and a Raucous Year of Eating Locally, authors Alisa Smith and J.B. Mackinnon devote a year to eating only food produced within 100 miles of their Vancouver home.

Author Steven Johnson says that ideas don't come in a stroke of genius — they emerge from a network of people, places and real-world constraints.

Artist Barbara Kruger is known for her images and installations combining terse, often provocative text and images: super enlarged elements of photographs, collaged to address issues of language and meaning.

Ruth Westheimer was over 50 when she began her career advising in a very public way — on the most private of matters. For Dr. Ruth, now 78, the key to a happy life is healthy sex. Sexuality education, as she calls it, is serious stuff, but must be taught with some humor, she says.

In the book, The Perfect Stranger, author and mother Lucy Kaylin explores her relationship with her Caribbean nanny — one that she says is both complex and wonderful. She also shares other caregivers' views on their work and employers.

In her new novel, Gourmet magazine writer Nicole Mones uses Chinese culinary history, recipes and tantalizing descriptions of fine cuisine to describe how food can nourish the body and a broken heart.