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Every July, Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest gathers frank lovers across the world to gorge themselves in pursuit of ketchup-and-mustard-drenched glory.

Season three features many famous chefs and restaurateurs. We ID’d them so you don’t have to.

In season three of The Bear, chef Thomas Keller shows one quick way to prep your chicken like a pro.

For some athletes competing at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, a plant-based diet makes them feel fitter, faster, and stronger.

Curated, meal-centric mixers claim to provide lonely Gen Z’ers a pathway to IRL friendship in the city. But can a lasting bond form while simply breaking bread?

In a conversation with the chef Carla Hall, Bon Appétit editor in chief Jamila Robinson discusses how they celebrate—and cook—on the national holiday.

At work, she samples wine and prepares it for bottling. At home, she makes blinis and a rich, jammy shakshuka, pairing them with a bit of wine as well.

In her March 2024 letter, our editor-in-chief recounts her hunt for the perfect New York City apartment.

How spicy food became ubiquitous in the world’s hottest places—and why the rest of the planet just can’t get enough

Despite its poor appearance I felt compelled to find a way to eat some—even just a bite.

In 1959, publishers looked down upon cookbooks. But when the book editor Judith Jones came across Julia Child’s manuscript, she knew she was onto something big.

In her Summer 2024 letter, our editor-in-chief buys the season’s sweetest fruit “by the flat.”

I receive $441 a week in unemployment assistance. Between job interviews and a matinee movie, I make Turkish eggs, pasta alla Norma, and a Thai basil eggplant stir-fry.

New “cultured oils” from Zero Acre Farms and Algae Cooking Club are taking off. Chefs say they’re better for the environment, handy in the kitchen, and taste just as good.

She also earns about $5,000 in book royalties and her mostly retired husband makes $125,000 from his consulting business. She eats gluten-free, makes chocolate banana bread and buckwheat crepes, and grows vegetables and fruits.

“When I scroll through social media and see what counts as nutrition information, I cringe,” writes Desiree Nielsen, RD.

It’s more than just juniper-flavored vodka.

In a refugee camp, Hamada Shaqoura turns aid packages into pizza wraps, curry, and “Gazan style” tacos, gaining internet-wide attention.

At home, where she shares a kitchen with 10 fellow interns, she makes chickpea salad and Japanese fried rice with nori. At work, she tries a famous Publix Pub Sub for lunch.

It’s the new Got Milk? for the social media era.

In her May 2024 letter, our editor-in-chief shares why she’s bringing her focus back to the beverage section.

“The chocolate chip cookie was refined and perfected to the extent that we could go in and take out the worst parts of it.”

Why I told him to take the big Le Creuset.

Momofuku is facing intense backlash after demanding small businesses to stop using the trademarked terms “chili crunch” or “chile crunch.” But the legal battle could be a “slam dunk,” a trademark lawyer tells Bon Appetit.

As a new mom practicing baby-led weaning, she makes quick weeknight dinners with halibut, grains, and frozen veggies that she adapts for her nine-month-old son.

Supermarket sushi is basic, predictable, and beautiful for both of those reasons.

Plus, Ikea is debuting a new plant-based hot dog, Gwyneth Paltrow says she hates dill, and more.

She makes Panang curry, bacon-y black bean tostadas, and, for a romantic dinner for two, a decadent braised short rib. On Sunday mornings, a hot cup of church coffee sustains her.

Plus, a Danish chef will cook you dinner in space for $500,000, Costco is bringing sushi counters to locations nationwide, and more.

With their glassy coatings and bright colors, tanghulu is a treat that has gone from traditional Chinese dessert to social media sensation.