Rhuby Red

Spiced up soda

Soft drink, soda, pop: Whatever you call them, these beverages are having a moment. At Neal Brown's The Libertine Liquor Bar in Indianapolis, Indiana, chef de cuisine Erin Till...

Clams Open Up

Ken Tominaga shares a new use for sake

When Michael Mina was looking for a chef for the soon-to-open Japanese-inspired restaurant PABU in Baltimore, he knew where his search would start and end: at one of his...

Picnic Lunch

Chicken salad, hold the mayo

We are dedicated mayonnaise geeks here in the Tasting Table Test Kitchen (stay tuned for our ultimate homemade-mayo recipe coming in July). But you won’t find mayonnaise in...

Roll with It

Tapioca with a Latin twist

Nicole Krasinski didn't grow up in a particularly dessert-heavy household, but tapioca pudding, one of the few desserts she remembers eating regularly, was a post-dinner constant....

Got Game

Meatballs with a Spanish-Jewish twist

We’ve done beef, pork and even shrimp. But Alex Raij is opening our eyes to a meatball that eschews even the thought of a pasta accompaniment. Raij and her husband, Eder...

Hair of the Dog

An edible take on the hangover cure-all

Rachel Saunders started it. We were lucky enough to have the founder of Blue Chair Fruit Company visit our Test Kitchen, and of all the preserves we sampled, the Early Girl...