This week on the podcast: We investigate why what kitchen equipment you use can be just as important as the recipe itself. That, and the beauty of wok hei.

This week on the podcast: A dish so simple, it needed science to perfect.

This week on the podcast: The backstory behind a recipe that gives new meaning to a motto we at America's Test Kitchen live by: "We make the mistakes in the kitchen so you don't have to."

For the next couple of weeks on our podcast, Proof from America’s Test Kitchen, we’ll bring you the back stories behind some of our most iconic recipes from the last 25 years.

In this week's episode of our Barbecue Trailblazers series, we learn how Kelli Nevarez went from first-grade music teacher to pitmaster of the Texas Monthly Top 50 barbecue joint La Vaca Barbecue.

In this week's episode of our Barbecue Trailblazers series, Cook's Country grilling expert Morgan Bolling brings the Southern tradition of whole-hog roasts to a driveway in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Get to know Mama Ninfa, an icon to the city of Houston who helped introduce a Tex-Mex classic to the United States with her business savvy, food knowledge and understanding of people.

In the first episode of our miniseries, we pay a barbecue legend a visit in Brownsville, Tennessee to talk about her smoke, her craft, and how she'll pass down her legacy.

In our next miniseries on Proof, hosted by Cook's Country magazine's Toni Tipton-Martin and Morgan Bolling, we profile four women who have led the way in barbecue and grilling, which have historically been considered "men's work." These episodes are audio companions to a forthcoming book from America’s Test Kitchen called Women Southern Women Cook: History, Lore, and 300 Recipes from Every Corner of the American South. The first episode drops Thursday, August 1!

In the final episode of the 100 Proof Series: We meet more modern cocktail revivalists who are breaking new ground and venture into the world of zero proof drinks.

How TGI Fridays, Madonna, and the Cosmopolitan helped define this era of the American cocktail.

Was Prohibition really the Gilded Age utopia that it's made out to be? In this episode: Cocktail innovation happening in unlikely places under unlikely circumstances. We feature the Bees Knees and the Bloody Mary.

How did the Industrial Revolution, immigration--and maybe Winston Churchill's mother--give rise to the Golden Age of cocktails in America? We explore the story of the Martini, the Manhattan, and the Daiquiri.

How did biryani become the go-to dish of cricket matches? Journalist Kunwar Khuldune Shahid reports as the Cricket World Cup tournament plays out this week. (100 Proof will be back on June 20.)

Where does the word "cocktail" come from? Who invented it? We explore these questions and the backstories of two drinks from America's early days as a nation: The Mint Julep and the Sazerac.

In the inaugural episode of our first-ever miniseries, we explore how we got to our modern cocktail renaissance. Why were mixed drinks from the 90s and early 2000s shells of the craft cocktails we see today? Hosted by Cook's Country Editor-in-Chief Toni Tipton-Martin, and reported by Proof's managing producer, Yumi Araki.

Welcome to Proof's first-ever miniseries: 100 Proof: The Journey of the American Cocktail. Over six episodes, we’ll look at the rise and fall--and subsequent resurgence--of the American cocktail, and we'll also share some recipes along the way. Hosted by Cook's Country Editor-In-Chief Toni Tipton-Martin, and reported by Proof's managing producer, Yumi Araki. Episode 1 drops May 23.

Can saliva change the way our food tastes? Does it affect our cooking? Reporter Jacklyn Kim digs into the unexpected ingredient that we end up adding to every meal.

In 1951, the Explorers Club in New York had a 250,000-year-old woolly mammoth on their menu at their annual banquet. Follow reporter Doug Mack as he excavates what exactly went on at this perplexing prehistoric dinner.

Journalist Camilo Garzón embarks on a quest along the Magdalena River to experience a Colombian tradition that's making a comeback called Paseo de Olla: The Cooking Pot Trip.

What happens when you have to boycott your favorite dish? Our reporter travels to her home in North east India to find out.

We kick off a new season of Proof with a look at the origin and evolution of Horiatiki, or the Greek Salad.

Before we return next week with new episodes of Proof, we're sharing an episode of Your Mama’s Kitchen, where host Michele Norris interviews TV’s funniest redhead, Conan O’Brien.

This week, we're bringing you the first episode from a new, four-part series from our friends at The Sporkful.