Really tasty chips

Yet another all-natural healthy corn chip? No, this one is actually delicious. Stone-ground, yellow-corn tortillas are cooked in sunflower oil and sprinkled with sea salt, resulting in chips with an addictive flavor and crispness. With no artificial ingredients, 3 grams of fiber, and only 85 milligrams of salt.

- Dianna Marder

Food Should Taste Good chips, 12-ounce bags ($4.99) At Acme and Wegman's stores or online at www.foodshouldtastegood.com.

For those who like to eat with their hands, Tumaro's Gourmet Organic Flour Tortillas provide a wonderfully sturdy vehicle for meat, vegetables, and sauces. They're available in five flavors and are certified organic. They're also higher in fiber than most sandwich bread and won't get soggy - perfect for the school lunch regime.

- Sky Kalfus

Tumaro's Organic Tortillas, $3.45 at most area grocery stores.

There's nothing like a big birthday to soften a tumultuous summer of whisky politics for Johnnie Walker, the world's most widely distributed blended Scotch. Corporate parent Diageo stirred controversy in July with plans to close the historic bottling plant in Kilmarnock, JW's home since 1820. In an ironic footnote to that history, the brand's top-shelf "Black Label" blend is celebrating its 100th anniversary this month. A recent retasting reminded me why it's one of the most reliably full-flavored blends around, with more than 40 malts lending an elegant balance of peat smoke, spice, fruit, and sherried sweetness. Lift a glass to Kilmarnock!

- Craig LaBan

Johnnie Walker Black, $34.99, in Pennsylvania state stores.