When deciding on a vintage for this year's holiday meal, wine lovers often focus on a specific country or a celebrity vintner. Host Michel Martin speaks with one woman who fits both bills, award-winning journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault. For the last few years, she and her husband have been producing wine from their home base of South Africa.
Dan Brown, author of the blockbuster The Da Vinci Code, is back with his first novel in four years. Inferno follows academic hero Robert Langdon on a chase through Italy as he attempts to avert a biological catastrophe.
Designer Katie Shelly's upcoming cookbook offers 50 illustrated recipe "blueprints" for basic meals — from simple snacks to more hefty dishes like eggplant Parmesan. She hopes they'll inspire any level of cook to improvise in the kitchen.
NPR's Peter Overby reports on the Congressional testimony of IRS officials in response to the scandal over special scrutiny of tea party groups. Underneath all the politics, there's a policy question that hasn't been addressed.