What were the most popular posts around this time last year? Well, there was a tip on how to open wine without a corkscrew (no, it doesn't involve your teeth), a great cheap wine, grilled cheese sandwiches, how to prevent freezer burn, a prediction that cupcakes will be oh so over soon, and baking a DIY wedding cake — in spite of a small hurricane.

• Best Cheap Wine: 2006 Santa Rita 120 Cabernet Sauvignon

• Food Science: What is Freezer Burn and How to Prevent It

• On Hurricanes, Refrigerators, and Wedding Ice Cream and the DIY Wedding Cake

• Lavender Polenta Coffeecake

• Trend Watch: Is the Cupcake Fad Nearing an End?

• How to Cook Quinoa

• A Gentler Nutcracker From Ralf Krämer

• End-of-Summer Cocktail: Whiskey Peach Smash

• Recipe: Peach and Thyme Polenta Tart

• How To Open a Bottle of Wine Without a Corkscrew

• Recipe: Grilled Cheese with Tomato Chutney

• Weekend Cooking: How to Make a Good Risotto

• Look! Pipette-Shaped Pasta

• Tips: Repel Fruit Flies with Rue

• See all posts from September 14-21, 2008

Previous Year Ago Lookback Top Trader Joe's Wine Picks and How To Make Mozzarella