Sam Stone
Staff Writer
Sam Stone reports on nearly everything for BA, including food culture, restaurant news, and sneaky cooking ideas that (hopefully) make your life easier. A Rhode Island native, he’s currently based in New York City where he can usually be found searching out the city’s best bakeries. Before BA, he spent years working in fine dining while also writing for several publications about food, queer culture, entertainment, and how they intersect. In his free time, Sam occasionally writes humor pieces like this one. samstone.nyc
Culture
A Vibey Guide to Choosing Nonalcoholic Drinks
Choosing nonalcoholic drinks can be overwhelming. We’ve made four easy categories based on your mood.
Restaurants
What Is the Keith Lee Effect? These Restaurants Have Seen It Up Close
From social media stardom to massive surges in business, here’s how the viral food critic changed five restaurants’ trajectories.
Culture
Does a Grocery Chain’s Boycott Mean Lower Food Prices Are on the Way?
European superstore Carrefour has pulled PepsiCo products off the shelves to protest price hikes. But American consumers maybe shouldn’t get too excited just yet.
Cooking
An Opinionated Ranking of Canned Tuna Brands
Including Starkist, Bumblebee, Chicken of the Sea, and more.
Cooking
We Tried Every Magic Spoon Cereal
This new kid on the block is nothing like the cereals of yore.
Culture
Our Year of Thirst and Rehydration
Giant Stanley cups, WaterTok, Erewhon’s $26 luxury water. In 2023, it seems we were thirstier than ever.
Culture
How the Internet Ate in 2023
Martha Stewart’s Sports IIllustrated swimsuit cover. The Grimace Shake. Girl dinner. In this timeline, we trace this year’s biggest Extremely Online food moments.
Cooking
Which Orange Juice Is the Best? We Tried Tropicana, Florida’s Natural, Trader Joe’s, and More
For drinking straight or mixing mimosas, there’s one brand we want.
Restaurants
Disgraced Chef Mario Batali Attempts a Virtual Comeback
The chef, accused of wide-ranging sexual misconduct, recently hosted a slate of cooking classes and promises there are more to come. A report from his attempted return to the public.
Cooking
These Under-$20 Wines Were Just Named Best of the Year
Any occasion is a good occasion for these top-tier bottles.
Restaurants
These Are New York’s Michelin-Starred Restaurants, 2023
The coveted stars are regarded as the restaurant world’s highest honor. See who joined the list.
Culture
What 5 Runners Eat to Prep for the New York Marathon
We asked five New York Marathon runners what they eat before, during, and after the race. Spoiler alert: lots of bagels.
Cooking
A Definitive Ranking of Boxed Cornbread Mix
There were a lot of strong opinions on sweet versus savory.
Culture
A Scooped Bagel Is Controversial—and, Dare I Say, Delicious
To scoop or not to scoop? The Bon Appétit staff was pitted against each other over the debate.
Restaurants
David Chang’s Latest Momofuku Closure Marks the End of an Era
Opened in 2008, the restaurant drove a culinary revolution in NYC and across the country.
Restaurants
Keith McNally’s Latest Controversies, Explained
The New York restaurateur’s in hot water—again.
Cooking
How to Store Garlic Like the Precious Jewel It Is
Can you freeze garlic? Is sprouted garlic a goner? Do garlic keepers actually work? Answers right this way.
Cooking
Which Boxed Mac and Cheese Is Best? We Tried Kraft, Annie’s, Velveeta, and More
The Kraft vs. Annie’s debate is tearing the BA team apart.
Restaurants
I Am Begging Restaurants to Stop Explaining That ‘Everything Is Shareable’
It’s 2023. We all know ordering a single sardine toast for the table will not constitute an entire meal.
Culture
Taylor Swift’s ‘Seemingly Ranch’ Might Not Be Ranch at All
Plus, a TikToker is eating three carrots a day to get tan and McDonald’s is adding two new flavors to its dipping sauce lineup.