Kimi Harris is a food writer who is interested in the intersection of food, family, and frugality. Have you ever had bubble tea? It's pretty delicious. This creamy, often fruit-flavored and sweetened ...

The draw in bubble tea, the cheap, sweet, milky drink sold in specialty cafes and restaurants across America, has long been the “bubble,” the gelatinous tapioca balls that one chews on while drinking ...

Comin’ straight outta Cali, I always made boba milk tea my slurping situation. After arriving in Miami and taking subsequent trips to New York, though, I learned that the sweet liquid with balls was ...

When bubble tea was first introduced to the West, you could get it only in cheery mom-and-pop shops in big-city Chinatowns and Koreatowns. And while Asians and Asian Americans have been drinking ...

You may not have noticed, but a lot of young New Yorkers are gulping down the bubbly. No, not Dom Perignon or Cristal but rather bubble tea, an unusual new chilled drink that’s also known as boba or ...

Don’t be fooled: Rice balls aren’t simply balls of rice. The Japanese snack also known as onigiri consists of white rice formed into triangles or spheres, stuffed with filling and wrapped with nori ...