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Bloggers Cook Our Rigatoni with Spicy Calabrese-Style Pork Ragu
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Bloggers Cook Our Rigatoni with Spicy Calabrese-Style Pork Ragu

Whether they made it with rigatoni or cavatappi, and simmered it for 4 hours or 30 minutes, bloggers loved our February cover model
Today's Food News
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Today's Food News

Well, says PBS, he invented the Long Island Iced Tea. Plus, inside the junk-food industry, how sous-vide is ruining cooking, and more in our daily roundup of food news
Today's Food News
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Today's Food News

How to spend $47 on a Frap. Plus, Guy Fieri's Web screw-up, James Beard semifinalists, the oddness of nuts, and more in our daily roundup of food news
Brugal 1888 Rum, Reviewed by the Bon Appetit Foodist
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Brugal 1888 Rum, Reviewed by the Bon Appetit Foodist

BA Foodist Andrew Knowlton tastes Brugal 1888 and finds he's smack in the middle of its target demo
A History of Movie Theater Snacks in America
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A History of Movie Theater Snacks in America

Popcorn was just the start: A history of movie-theater snacks, from the red-licorice war of the 1920s to "When Harry Met Salad"
Parks and Recreation's Aubrey Plaza on Dining with Bill Murray
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Parks and Recreation's Aubrey Plaza on Dining with Bill Murray

Hollywood starlets don't eat? Tell that to Aubrey Plaza--the sofrito-cooking, almond-butter-loving, candy-hoarding star of NBC's "Parks and Recreation"
Do Jerusalem Artichokes Cause Diarrhea?
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Do Jerusalem Artichokes Cause Diarrhea?

Jerusalem artichokes may be the veggie of the moment, but they harbor a gut-wrenching secret that chefs are only beginning to discuss
Today's Lunch at the Google Cafeteria
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Today's Lunch at the Google Cafeteria

What did they serve today at Google's NYC cafeteria? Here's what one fortunate diner had for lunch
Burger King's Twitter Hack; How Mast Brothers Makes Chocolate; Grey Poupon's Comeback
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Burger King's Twitter Hack; How Mast Brothers Makes Chocolate; Grey Poupon's Comeback

The mustard ad is getting a makeover. Plus, behind the scenes at Mast Brothers, Burger King's epic Twitter hack, and more in our daily roundup of food news
ABC Kitchen Chef Dan Kluger's Gone Nuts for Holmquist Hazelnut Orchards Hazelnuts
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ABC Kitchen Chef Dan Kluger's Gone Nuts for Holmquist Hazelnut Orchards Hazelnuts

The ABC Kitchen chef loves Holmquist hazelnuts--and so do we
Behind the Scenes at Google's Cafeteria
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Behind the Scenes at Google's Cafeteria

The tech behemoth engineered its corporate cafeterias to improve employees' diets. We learned how it can improve yours, too
Frittered Away
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Frittered Away

Banish your memories of gefilte fish with these crispy smoked fish cakes with beet vinaigrette
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Videos from the Most Important Restaurants in America

Watch the chefs from Mission Chinese, Pok Pok, Momofuku, and Le Bernardin cook, eat, and make merry
How to Throw an Oscars Party
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How to Throw an Oscars Party

Throwing an Oscars party is a great opportunity to indulge--in deliciously bad puns. "Breasts of the Southern Wild," anyone?
The History of the Car Cup Holder
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The History of the Car Cup Holder

On President's Day—our national day of auto deals—we look at the history of this essential innovation, the car cup holder
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Chocolate Valentine's Dessert from the Canal House Cooks

In fact there were 7 chocolate treats that the Canal House ladies shared with us last week
Today's Food News
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Today's Food News

Farmers have a new tool in the war on pests, apples and bananas are getting tattooed, El Bulli is reopening (sort of), and more in our daily roundup of food news
How to Cook with Hot Rocks, Stones, and Meteorites
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How to Cook with Hot Rocks, Stones, and Meteorites

What do you do if you find a red-hot meteor in your backyard? We've got a few ideas (clambake!)
33 Recipes from Bon Appetit's Most Important Restaurants in America
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33 Recipes from Bon Appetit's Most Important Restaurants in America

Your own. Put it to the test with these 33 recipes (e.g., country-style ribs, salmon rillettes) from our list of the country's most influential restaurants
What Bon Appetit Readers Cooked for Valentine's Day
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What Bon Appetit Readers Cooked for Valentine's Day

From bone-in ribeye to citrus olive-oil cakes, you cooked up quite a feast on Valentine's Day
11 Stylishly Designed Teapots
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11 Stylishly Designed Teapots

Steep your leaves in style with these 11 boldly designed teapots
Cook the Cover
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Cook the Cover

Spaghetti, rigatoni, gnudi--whatever! We love pasta so much we put it on our cover. Now show us you feel the same
Models, Stylists, and Other Fashionable People Eating at New York Fashion Week
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Models, Stylists, and Other Fashionable People Eating at New York Fashion Week

Models, stylists, and other fashionable people eating at New York Fashion Week
Japanese Restaurant Fining Diners for Unfinished Food; Ben & Jerry's Has an Actual Graveyard for Dead Flavors; The Coolest Chocolate Shops Around the World
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Japanese Restaurant Fining Diners for Unfinished Food; Ben & Jerry's Has an Actual Graveyard for Dead Flavors; The Coolest Chocolate Shops Around the World

A Japanese restaurant charges extra for unfinished food. Plus, the Ben & Jerry's flavor graveyard, the world's coolest chocolate shops, and more in our daily roundup of food news
The Voodoo Your Ex Cookie from the Baking Bean
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The Voodoo Your Ex Cookie from the Baking Bean

At the Baking Bean, Charlotte Druckman discovers a deliciously vengeful cookie, just in time for Valentine's Day
What It's Like for Couples to Work Together in the Same Restaurant
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What It's Like for Couples to Work Together in the Same Restaurant

Eleven couples who cook together tell us how they get along (or don't) in the chaos of a restaurant kitchen. Plus: a gallery of the happy pairs
How to Win Valentine's Day Whether You're Single, Courting, or Taken
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How to Win Valentine's Day Whether You're Single, Courting, or Taken

It doesn't matter if you're single, trying to win someone over, or in a committed relationship--here's how to do this Hallmark holiday right
How Would a Higher Minimum Wage Change the Restaurant World?
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How Would a Higher Minimum Wage Change the Restaurant World?

How would a higher minimum wage change the restaurant world?
Today's Food News
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Today's Food News

Stolen truck full of Krispy Kremes triggers high-speed chase. Plus, making booze in jail, how to eat hearts, and more in our daily roundup of food news