Culture
Culture is Bon Appétit's content covering pop culture, travel, and trends in the world of food.

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Without Home Ec, I Would Have Never Become a Professional Chef
Chef Barbara Lynch remembers the teacher who changed the course of her life in this excerpt from her new memoir, Out of Line.

Lifestyle
Flavor Dusts Are the Chef's Staple You Can Bring Home
Your spice rack won't know what hit it.

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Vegetables Are Earning Their Rightful Place in Your Cocktail Glass
Because you gotta get those 5-9 servings in.

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The History of Maldon Salt, the Stuff You Already Put on Everything
How did Maldon become the one name-brand ingredient every chef and home cook can agree on?


Lifestyle
I Spent An Entire Week Trying to Make Spirulina Taste Good
A food director vs. superfood showdown


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This Home Cook Recreates the Crazy—Sometimes Gross—Food from TV and the Movies
Okay, the rum ham from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia looks kinda good.

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Hold My Calls: April Horoscopes Are Here, with Cheese
A cheese for every sign, because why not.

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The L.A. Skater Sisters Who Take Their Ashwagandha With a Side of Bacon
Marissa and Lydia Martinez had to learn how to eat well on a budget.

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This Watermelon Beer Is Not the Wine Cooler You Think It Is
Why we'll be drinking New Belgium's Juicy Watermelon all summer—and not ironically.

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Bryan Greenberg Had Burgers and Beers with Meryl Streep
The Mindy Project star shares stories of drinking beer with Meryl Streep and starring in Cookie Crisp commercials.

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Lifestyle
Where Do Those Powders in Your Smoothie Actually Come From?
Whether foraged, farmed, or grown in a lab, your medicinal herbs are probably "processed."

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The Grocery List: What Our Editor-in-Chief Adam Rapoport Cooks in a Week
In our new series, we take a look at people's grocery lists—and what they actually bought and cooked.

Lifestyle
The Best Tricks I Learned at Healthy Cooking School
One culinary school grad on the seven techniques that changed her approach to healthy food.

Lifestyle
This Tropical Plant Wants to Be Your New Gluten-Free Flour
Taro flour is making its way to the mainland... and onto your breakfast plate.


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Katie Couric Wants to Cook with Ina Garten As Much As You Do
Behind-the-scenes of Couric's cooking show, filled with food puns and dirty jokes.

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The Refugee Juice Bar Owner Who's Defied Pretty Much Every Odd There Is
How Abdulsalam Abujebel went from village doctor in Ethiopia to Harlem juice-bar entrepreneur.

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5 Lunch Wines That Want to Connect on LinkedIn
What makes a wine a lunch wine? Light body, low alcohol, and high acidity.

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I Have a Thousand Feelings About Eggs, and That's Never Going to Change
Adam Rapoport wants to talk eggs. All day.

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How to Talk About Your Healthy Habits Without Losing Friends and Alienating People
There are no rules when it comes to food (or talking about food), but here are a few tips we've learned along the way.

Lifestyle
These Smoothie Packs Are God's Gift to Lazy People
Sure, it's basically baby food for grown ups, but that's not stopping me from sipping a smoothie in a plastic pouch.

Culture
How to Make an All-Ikea Cheese Plate
The cheese is similar to Ikea furniture: affordable, adaptable, and just different enough to be interesting.

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The Pro Ballet Dancer Who's Not Afraid of a Little Butter
Jenelle Manzi's a New York City Ballet veteran with a killer recipe for matcha squares.

Culture
What Is Cream Ale (and Is There Cream in It)?
A thorough investigation into the cream ale, a beer that is certainly not a milkshake.

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A Riveting Conversation with Brad Leone, the Star of It's Alive
We asked test kitchen manager Brad Leone some questions. His answers are, well, just read it.

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How I Honor My Family’s History with a Persian New Year Feast
Our senior food editor shares his family's Persian New Year feast with herby saffron rice, roasted black bass, and rose water brittle.