Make Your Own Soda Pop

How to brew homemade ginger beer and root beer.

What Else Besides Corn Pops, and How?

Steam is powerful stuff. (By Jason Horn)

Whole-Wheat Pasta Taste Test

Healthy sacrifice or tasty alternative? (By Michele Foley and Roxanne Webber)

Celebrities and Portable Microwaves

Products we loved at the International Home & Housewares Show. (By Louisa Chu)

Hangover Helpers

You can fix the headache and wooziness, but you can’t take back what you said to your Aunt Mavis. (By Traci Vogel)

Cola, Now with Added Bull

This week’s mission: an herbal Pepsi-type drink and a hot, peppery spice mix from Oregon. (By James Norton)

The Taste of an Oyster

Plus a dozen oysters you should know. (By Rowan Jacobsen)

Chicken in a Burger Suit

This week’s mission: preseasoned, grillable chicken patties and fancified crackers. (By James Norton)

Kashi All Natural Frozen Entrées and Extra-Healthy Yogurts

This week’s mission: elegant frozen dinners and probiotic-boosted yogurts. (By James Norton)

What Does Beige Taste Like?

The week’s mission: bad chocolate candies, and an iced tea contraption. (By James Norton)

Deli Creations and Salad Spritzers

This week’s mission: personally assembled fake deli sandwiches and the Binaca of salad dressing. (By James Norton)

Corn, Cherries, and Margaritas

Summer gadgets for stripping corn, pitting cherries, and juicing limes. (By Louisa Chu)

Sweet, Sour, Salty, What?

Americans have historically hated bitter tastes, while other cultures loved them. Until now. Chefs are playing with bitter in new ways, and U.S. diners are finally appreciating it. (By Lessley Anderson)

Burst in Your Mouth

Gear columnist Louisa Chu experiments with two new lines of chemical additives used for molecular gastronomy dishes. (By Louisa Chu)

That Coffee's Rotten

And other fermentation facts. (By Lessley Anderson)