By LISA MCKINNON, Scripps Howard News Service

She is almost laughing when she tells them, but Tippi Hedren's behind-the-scenes stories about shooting "The Birds" with director Alfred Hitchcock sound like nightmares come to life.

For one scene, plastic tubes ran up her back and through her hairdo, the better to deliver fake blood on cue.

On the heels of a controversial study that found some "extra virgin" olive oils purchased in supermarkets and big-box stores were merely "virgin," the U.S. Department of Agriculture next week will implement guidelines that officially spell out the difference.

The answer to a multibillion-dollar question now emerging in the vineyards of California might lie in a series of modest buildings on the edge of Santa Paula.

Springtime, summertime, whenever. It's always Blueberry Muffin season. Try this take on the classic.
This recipe for All-American Blueberry Muffins comes from Vanoni Farms of Somis, Calif.

1-1/2 cups sugar
3/4 cups butter or shortening
3 eggs
3 cups flour
3/4 teaspoon salt
4 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Springtime, summertime, whenever. It's always Blueberry Muffin season. Try this take on the classic.
This recipe for All-American Blueberry Muffins comes from Vanoni Farms of Somis, Calif.

1-1/2 cups sugar
3/4 cups butter or shortening
3 eggs
3 cups flour
3/4 teaspoon salt
4 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

As the chef and owner of Mary's Secret Garden, a vegan restaurant in Ventura, Calif., Mary Grayr uses organic ingredients in all her cooking.For the Thanksgiving recipes she shares here, Grayr specifies "organic" for those ingredients where she feels the distinction is crucial.Vegan ingredients are available at stores such as Whole Foods.