Alex Beggs
Contributor
Alex Beggs, previously a senior staff writer at Bon Appétit, covered a wide range of topics for the brand, including everything you need to know about cherries, a column on questionable etiquette, and the reasons why crispy foods reign supreme. Her Thanksgiving feature, “Absolutely Perfect,” earned a National Magazine Award in 2020. Currently, she works as a freelance writer and cookbook co-author based in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Restaurants
The Share Plate I Can’t Share in Traverse City, Michigan
And it’s made with Michigan shrimp! I still can’t get over that.
Culture
This Tahini Gelato Is What All Tahini Desserts Aspire To
It’s nutty, super creamy, and near-savory.
Cooking
This Entry-Level Whole Fish Recipe Made Me Who I Am Today
I overcame my fear of cooking whole fish by—you guessed it!—making this whole fish recipe. Wow!
Culture
Make Minty Limeade This Weekend (Tequila Optional)
The Test Kitchen went clamming, and more highlights from the week.
Culture
What My Dream Grocery Store Looks Like
Amazon has grocery store delivery dreams, but do they fulfill OUR desires for a perfect grocery store? Not quite.
Restaurants
Secret Sandwiches Beat All Other Lunch Options
Marrow only makes 10 sandwiches a day, so if you’re in Detroit, snag one.
Culture
Chill, It’s Corn Soup
A throwback recipe to make on sweltering summer days, and more from the week at BA.
Culture
Admit It: You Love Muffins
A muffin food feud reveals which BA staffers are cranks and which ones just love a good muff.
Culture
Is It Ever Okay...To Touch All the Tomatoes at the Farmers’ Market?
Solicited advice for peak-produce season.
Cooking
How Interesting That This Tomato Galette Could Serve 8...or 1
Personal pan galette or cocktail party appetizer—YOU DECIDE.
Culture
Cook the Cover! It’s Foolproof
New recipes from our simple issue, food news, and one corny food feud from the week.
Culture
A Summer Mood Board
Let these images from scorching hot summer’s past inspire the long weekend ahead.
Culture
There’s a Snow Cone in the Weekend Forecast
The best things we ate at the Fancy Food Show this week, a Red Lobster recap, and more.
Cooking
The Galette That Makes People Think I Work at Bon Appétit or Something
This recipe's the reason I look like a fancy-pants pastry chef all summer long.
Culture
Summer’s Hottest Accessory Is... an Inflatable Drink Holder?
If your Barq’s isn’t floating around in a hot pink flamingo this summer, reconsider every decision you’ve made up until this point.
Restaurants
The Wine Store in Barcelona Where Wine Nerds Just Want to Share the Love
And it has a dreamy secret backyard.
Culture
Make a Huge Pie This Weekend
Recipe ideas and other news—plus a minor sangria feud—from the week.
Cooking
Expand Your Egg Sandwich Horizons with Ricotta and Focaccia
All kinds of creamy-tangy-custardy things are happening here.