Building a Killer Wedding Bar

How to spend intelligently and offer great drinks.

An Espresso to Grind

Should you tip baristas, and if so, how much?

Sloshed with the Boss

Are you supposed to drink at a business meal?

Egg Magic

Tools for de-yolking, poaching, and beheading eggs.

When Should You Stir Versus Shake a Cocktail?

It depends on what texture and look you are after.

Must I Refuse Free Booze?

What should you do if a stranger buys you a drink and you don’t want it?

Put Away the Darn Camera

How to politely photograph restaurant food.

Masters of the Bean

Today’s coffee connoisseurs want to be on a first-name basis with their roaster. They want to know not only which country the beans came from but which region, or even which “estate.” They obsess over freshness and brew time and...

Birthday Butchery

Help! I’m not cut out for cake-cutting.

Stinky to Mild

How to build a cheese plate.

Buenos Aires: Faded Elegance, High Design

Buenos Aires’s up-and-coming San Telmo neighborhood.

Cheesy Chips Mellow Out

This week’s mission: A subtler take on a corn chip favorite, and a terrific “natural” fruit drink.

Sensitive New Age Cocktails

Does a happy bartender make a better drink?

Why Does Orange Juice Taste So Bad After You Brush Your Teeth?

Sodium lauryl sulfate is the culprit.

Thirsty Business

Who drinks on the job these days?