Amanda Shapiro
Amanda Shapiro is a freelance writer and editor living in New York. She was the founding editor of Healthyish and former editorial director of Bon Appétit. Her writing has appeared in The Cut, VICE, GQ, BuzzFeed, The Oxford American, and more.
Lifestyle
A Place to Date
Opinions on Bumble's dating restaurant from Healthyish editor Amanda Shapiro.
Culture
Zaitoun by Yasmin Khan Is Our June Cookbook Club Pick
There are trend-chasing cookbooks and there are passion projects, and Khan's Palestinian cookbook is definitely one of the latter.
Culture
Why Are We So Obsessed with Male-Chef Redemption Stories?
Personal narratives can be powerful. They can also be dangerously limiting—depending on who’s doing the telling.
Lifestyle
I've Been Missing the Kitchen
Summer cooking recommendations and other thoughts from Healthyish editor Amanda Shapiro.
Lifestyle
The Power of Pleasure
Thoughts on pleasure as a form of resistance and more from Healthyish editor Amanda Shapiro.
Lifestyle
The Privilege of Feeling Good
Healthyish editor Amanda Shapiro on Alabama's newly passed abortion law
Restaurants
I Book an Airbnb in Los Feliz Just So I Can Eat This Focaccia With Burrata
There’s nothing more important about my trips to L.A. than my proximity to All Time.
Lifestyle
On Eating, Cooking With, and Actually Enjoying Weed
Cooking with cannabis and other thoughts from Healthyish editor Amanda Shapiro.
Lifestyle
The Tech Bros Are Hungry
Silicon Valley diet culture and other thoughts from Healthyish editor Amanda Shapiro.
Lifestyle
This Recipe Wants You to Know That Meatballs Are Totally Appropriate for Spring
A little bit lighter and a whole lot greener than your average meatball
Lifestyle
It's Not About the Pizza
Thoughts on red sauce restaurants and more from Healthyish editor Amanda Shapiro.
Lifestyle
Can You Be Dependent on Weed?
Reflections on cannabis from Healthyish editor Amanda Shapiro.
Lifestyle
Lunch is the New Dinner
Restaurant recommendations and other thoughts from Healthyish editor Amanda Shapiro.
Culture
It’s 4 a.m. and White Label Mate Soda Is the Only Reason I’m Still Standing
It’s like Red Bull but...good for you?
Lifestyle
On Banning Celery Juice and Getting to Sleep
Reading recommendations and other thoughts from Healthyish editor Amanda Shapiro.
Culture
Everybody Loves Samin
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat. If you’ve cooked from the book or watched the show, you love Samin Nosrat. In fact, so many people do, she went to hide out in the desert. That didn’t stop us from tracking her down.
Cooking
The Spreadable, Craveable Butter I Make in a Food Processor and Eat on Everything
Better Butter may or may not be healthier, but it's the only butter I want to eat.
Lifestyle
Let Them Eat Reubens!
In defense of vegetarian Reubens, and other thoughts from Healthyish editor Amanda Shapiro.
Lifestyle
A Vegetarian Reuben That Turns My Kitchen Into the Diner of My Dreams
Because I'm not always in the mood for a six-inch stack of meat.