PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, is asking the mayor of Turkey, Texas, to change the name of his town to "Tofurky" in time for Thanksgiving.

The organization is offering to provide the entire town with a full-course vegan holiday feast if the name change goes through.

There's a new person at the helm of the New York Times' prestigious restaurant review beat.

Late Tuesday afternoon the Times announced that their dining editor Pete Wells was taking over the position from Sam Sifton.  Wells joined the paper in October 2006, his previous post was the articles editor at Details Magazine.  He also very briefly held the post of interim restaurant critic in 2009 between Frank Bruni and Sifton.  Sifton, stepped down in September after two years at the position to become the paper's national editor.

Retired high-ranking US military officers are fighting a new battle-- childhood obesity.

More than 100 retired generals and admirals urged Congress Monday to overhaul the public school lunch program.  The catalyst, a Defense Department report that estimates 1 in 4 young adults are too overweight to join the military.  The report also found that obesity was the leading medical disqualification for military service in the United States.

A former New Zealand-based wine consultant has been charged with fraud, accused of selling more than $1 million worth of fake high-end wine.

Simon Gregory Mickleson was employed by an exclusive Auckland auction house as a fine wine expert and among his victims are members of New Zealand's elite-- top surgeons, business owners and a law firm owned by the country's richest family.

The people at Foster Farms want to talk turkey.  In fact they love the topic so much, they're willing to talk all things bird 24 hours a day now till after Thanksgiving.

Starting November 17, Foster Farms Turkey Helpline operators will be on-call 24 hours a day, seven days a week until the 29th-- operators will be manning the phones on the big day too, ready to avert any turkey related disaster.

There has been a lot of discussion recently regarding bullying, but some psychologists believe bullying about weight has been left out of the national dialogue.

Research shows that children who are bullied about their weight, especially in their preteen years, are highly susceptible to developing negative self image, and poor body dissatisfaction, which can last into adulthood-- often developing into eating disorders.