It’s approaching 5 a.m., and thoughts racing through my sleepless head are not suitable for a newspaper section whose favorite four-letter word is food. I’m on my third attempt at making bubble tea, ...

Note: From Danielle Keene, Wilshire Restaurant. Large tapioca pearls are available at select Whole Foods (Islands brand) and well-stocked supermarkets. This recipe calls for soaking the tapioca for 24 ...

This recipe is designed to strip away many of the gimmicks — the flavored syrups, the fruit powders, the squares of gelatin — that have compromised the simple elegance of bubble teas, which were first ...

Born in the famous tea-growing region of Shizuoka Prefecture, Tapioca Chazuke is available at Maruobara 丸尾原, the cafe-restaurant in Shizuoka's excellent and relatively newly opened Tea Museum, Fuji no ...

Maybe it’s all that boba that’s been floating around in frothy milk teas. Or maybe it’s a nod to nostalgia and the creamy tapioca pudding of childhood memories. Maybe it’s a little of both. Whatever ...