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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.

A Place to Date

Opinions on Bumble's dating restaurant from Healthyish editor Amanda Shapiro.

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.

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.

I've Been Missing the Kitchen

Summer cooking recommendations and other thoughts from Healthyish editor Amanda Shapiro.

The Power of Pleasure

Thoughts on pleasure as a form of resistance and more from Healthyish editor Amanda Shapiro.

The Privilege of Feeling Good

Healthyish editor Amanda Shapiro on Alabama's newly passed abortion law

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.

On Eating, Cooking With, and Actually Enjoying Weed

Cooking with cannabis and other thoughts from Healthyish editor Amanda Shapiro.

The Tech Bros Are Hungry

Silicon Valley diet culture and other thoughts from Healthyish editor Amanda Shapiro.

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

It's Not About the Pizza

Thoughts on red sauce restaurants and more from Healthyish editor Amanda Shapiro.

My Three Decades of Pizza at Sergio’s

(But it was never really about the pizza.)

Can You Be Dependent on Weed?

Reflections on cannabis from Healthyish editor Amanda Shapiro.

Lunch is the New Dinner

Restaurant recommendations and other thoughts from Healthyish editor Amanda Shapiro.

On Banning Celery Juice and Getting to Sleep

Reading recommendations and other thoughts from Healthyish editor Amanda Shapiro.

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.

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.

Let Them Eat Reubens!

In defense of vegetarian Reubens, and other thoughts from Healthyish editor Amanda Shapiro.

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.