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Sick of dressing as the same old hot-dog, Halloween after Halloween? That may qualify you for a Chipotle contest. But isn't it time you worked your top-chef look? From a Crocs-toting Mario Batali (using a prosthetic belly if you don't happen to be molto-shaped), to a pearl-sportin' Paula Deen, the folks at Chow show you how, with six hilarious how-tos and photos. Here's a thought: How about Sam Mason from "Dinner with the Band?" Head down to the local tattoo parlor right now, and you might have a decent copy of Sam's fish tat by Halloween.

Back in January, I got a letter from CHOW Magazine, telling me that they were temporarily stopping the publication of their print edition in order to regroup. In the interim, their website, Chow for Now, put together some good content. Today I got a small card in the mail telling me that (a) CHOW has been acquired by CNET Networks, Inc., the same folks responsible for the recent facelift of Chowhound.com, and (b) that the rest of my subscription to CHOW would be fulfilled by a subscription to Intermezzo, a food, wine, home and travel magazine. I've leafed through a few issues of Intermezzo in the past, but was never compelled enough to actually buy a copy. Sigh. So far, I think the new Chowhound site is great, mainly because of the searchable forums with RSS feeds. I'm assuming that sometime soon a blend of Chow and Chowhound will take shape. Chow.com is still pretty much vacant, aside from a place to leave an email address for launch news. With any luck, the type of content that made CHOW such a great publication will begin show up online.