Proof America's Test Kitchen

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.