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Hilary Cadigan

Culture Editor

Hilary Cadigan is a James Beard nominated writer and the culture editor at Bon Appétit. She’s worked in magazines for more than a decade (yikes) and specializes in writing and editing long-form reported features, big editorial packages, and personal essays (bonus points if they are funny). She was born in Texas and raised in Massachusetts but spent some highly formative years in Atlanta, where she was the food editor at alt-weekly Creative Loafing, and Chiang Mai, Thailand, where she was the deputy editor of a magazine called Citylife. Now she lives in Brooklyn, where she also edits books and is maybe sort of working on one of her own.

Creamy Peanut Noodles for Anxious Home Cooks (Like Me)

I’d rather lie horizontal on a couch eating food I ordered off the internet. But this new recipe got me out of a rut.

Love, Thy Name Is Slow-Roasted Onion Dip

Meet my new favorite potato chip plunge pool.

The Unmistakable Bryan Furman, Georgia’s New King of Barbecue

The B’s Cracklin’ pitmaster knows exactly who he is and where he comes from.

In a Land of Tortilla Factories, Enrique Olvera’s New Tortilleria Is Doing It Old School

At Molino el Pujol, the freshly made tortillas are out of this world.

Heaven Is an Entire Lemon-Pepper Chicken Doused in Honey Butter

A new (easy!) recipe from pitmaster Bryan Furman will give you all kinds of ATL cred.

For Todd Richards, Soul Food Is a Gateway, Not a Stereotype

“Quite honestly, I don’t know what people expect from me anymore. Fifteen years a chef, with a passion for black culture. I’m alright with that.”

Planned Parenthood’s Outgoing President Cecile Richards on Making Trouble—and Pies

“Women want to be the architects of their future and their destiny, not just the recipients of it.”