Gallery: This Week at Serious Eats World Headquarters

Apparently an entire wedge...at least when it's slathered in tangy blue cheese dressing and sprinkled with bacon.

Niki throws back a big glass of an upgraded take on the Paloma. The recipe hails from Seattle's Sitka & Spruce and it's pretty baller: think tequila, salted grapefruit cordial, Campari, lime, and soda.

(It's obviously a burger cannon.)

No, she's not an alcoholic. She's just shooting some awesome spirits for our American Booze Hall of Fame.

This past week, J. Kenji "You-can-bet-your-butt-the-kitchen-is-the-first-thing-I-look-at-in-an-open-house" López-Alt and his wife Adri moved into their new, hopefully permanent home in San Mateo. Doesn't the new home of the Food Lab look splendid?

Okay, it's a little messier from this angle, but the whole house is a new adventure. Kenji works from home, so you may start to see home improvement projects worked into recipes. How to Cook the World's Juiciest Chicken With Nothing but a Mitre Saw and a Set of Loppers!

"For the first time in my life my kitchen gear fits comfortably in my closet," quips Kenji, whimsically. "You know what that means—either my closet's gotta shrink or my gear's gotta expand, amirite?" We're betting on the latter.

Even with all the moving and shaking going on, Kenji's still got a job to do. Right now he's starting his search for the best food processor on the market.

Essential tools for any new kitchen cabinetry projects: gloves, driver, bit set, level, nail set, label-maker, IKEA nail and anchor kit, every Beatles CD, and a cocktail mixing set.

Over Memorial Day weekend, Maggie attended a rib-off in Oakland, where three types of ribs competed for bragging rights. The baby backs shown here were basted with ginger, soy, and garlic and smoked until hammy. They had some serious competition though: a set of pork ribs that was basically confited in the oven (with a little extra lard) before a quick finish on the grill, and massive beef ribs smoked by a Texas native. On the side: cornbread plus butter whipped with sambal (delicious.)

Meet Burt (shown here with Maggie's husband Matt). He hosted the rib-off and received a meaty beef bone in return. There may have been some begging involved.