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.
Culture
Summer Pies Should All Be Deep Dish
You get more pie. It just makes sense. Here’s our favorite equipment for the job.
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A Fond Farewell to Our Wonderful Amiel
Make Amiel’s great bean recipes, find a good Father’s Day present idea, and read more food news from the week.
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I Came for the Lamb Recipes, I Stayed for the Best Cookbook Writing of the Year
This is a cookbook you’ll sit down and read for hours.
Cooking
The Pasta Salad That Won’t Get Weird at the Picnic
It’s packed with jammy, sweet bell peppers and topped with ricotta salata and hazelnuts.
Lifestyle
6 Things I Changed About My Skincare Routine When I Turned 30
A new decade brings more birthday candles but less skin cell regeneration—and an opportunity to revamp your skincare routine.
Restaurants
I Love This Loaf So Much I Had to Put a Self-Imposed Monthly Limit On It
Arcade Bakery’s quinoa loaf is one of the best breads in New York City. Seek it out!
Culture
The Marvelous Life of Maida Heatter
The 102-year-old cookbook author died this week in her Florida home. But how much do you really know about the life of the “Queen of Cake”?
Culture
23 Date-Friendly Foods, According to Me
The dating app Bumble’s new Manhattan café promises to serve only “date-friendly” food. But what does that mean exactly?
Restaurants
When It’s Too Hot to Think, I Need a Painkiller
The classic tiki drink from Glady’s in Brooklyn cools me right down—no beach required.
Culture
Is It Ever Okay...To Take Over the Grilling at Someone Else’s Party?
And more questionable summer entertaining etiquette.
Cooking
This Loaf Cake Is Soaked with Grapefruit Juice, and I Think That’s Pretty Cool
A loaf cake is a loaf cake is a loaf cake—until you literally douse it in citrus. Then it's something else.
Culture
Calamari Feuds, a Dog Treat Tasting, and a Really Good Asparagus Recipe
That’s what we were up to this week at BA.
Restaurants
I Will Fight You for the King Crab Legs in J.J. Johnson’s Afropot
It’s an entire seafood boil in miniature and I’ll share it—if I must.
Culture
Is It Ever Okay...To Eat Tuna Salad on a Plane?
Our truly refined etiquette columnist is jet-lagged and ready to answer all of your travel questions.
Culture
It Never Occurred to Me to Have Cooking Shoes, Now I Can’t Cook Without Them
How Carla Lalli Music changed my shoe game forever.
Culture
The Springy Spring Salad I’m Making This Weekend
Pecans, in salad dressing, are you crazy? Yes and yes.
Culture
A Tale of Two Buttcheeks: Rating New York’s New Restaurant Chairs
The only way to investigate the state of comfort in buzzy new restaurants—walk in, have a seat, and leave.