Stock portfolio got you down? Bad news splashed across the cover of every newspaper and magazine? Well, come to the land where “liquidation” doesn’t mean financial ruin, but a delicious way to make a smoothie. Come to Food Publication Land.

Okay, so maybe there’s not an actual place called Food Publication Land, but in the coming year readers are going to see a huge increase in the ever-growing world of cooking and dining publications. According to the Wall Street Journal, the culinary market has been on the upswing for the past few years but is on the cusp of an even bigger boom. And this tasty little treat translates to more delicious food magazines for you to read (and write!). The Food Network is getting its own magazine, as is Sandra Lee with her forthcoming “Semi-Homemade” publication.

Wall Street may be slipping, but that doesn’t mean your dinner parties have to downgrade as well. And that’s news everyone can swallow. Read the entire article HERE.

Do you have a cooking article or short story about food simmering in your mental Crock-Pot? Why not submit to Alimentum, a literary magazine devoted entirely to food. WordHustler wants to help you cook up some publishing success!

The Wall Street Journal has got the scoop on a paperboy, er, man, who’s been taking the New York Times for a ride. Michael Holtet, a 50-year-old Wisconsin man, has been arrested in connection with a scheme he concocted in which he embezzled over $220,000 from the New York Times. It seems Holtet, a newspaper deliveryman, decided to invent thousands of alleged NY Times subscribers, pocketing the money the paper paid him to deliver it each day and recycling all of the superfluous newspapers. Holtet faces up to 20 years in prison.

But hey, at least he recycled the papers…

Read the full story HERE.

Do you have a tale of a conniving bandit that would entertain the masses (though not actually defraud them)? Why not use WordHustler to submit your well-plotted short story to the Southern California Review Fiction Prize? Keep the espionage on the page and it may pay off well in real life.

Is it because of Hillary? Or has the Wall Street Journal finally realized 50% of their readers are of the feminine variety? Whatever the reason, the venerable newspaper has just introduced a column called “Journal Women,” which launches today. What’s it all about?

To find out more, check out MediaBistro’s Fishbowl NY.

Are you a woman with something to say? Why don’t you write an article or essay for Ms. Magazine? Ms. has been a landmark in feminist journalism since 1971. Become a part of a proud tradition today with WordHustler!