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

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How Much Should You Buy If You Work From a Coffee Shop?
And are your baristas mean if you don't buy enough?

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Only Four Days 'til Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino Unveils His "Couture" Lollipop
We promise, it's as baffling as it sounds.

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Win a Full Set of Coralie Bickford-Smith's Penguin Great Food Series
The redesigned Penguin "Great Food" series arrives stateside October 18th, and they're beautiful enough to convince us that we need yet another copy of M.F.K. Fisher's Love in a Dish.

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China closes Walmarts for calling pork organic; Milwaukee's great sausage races
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Food Pics of the Well Known
The Chew's resident expert on eating well whips up a mean salad, but her last bite on earth would be German chocolate cake.

Lifestyle
Ice Cream Activism! Ben & Jerry's Publicly Supports Occupy Wall Street
The affable ice cream company laid down some real talk on their website over the weekend expressing their support for the Occupy movements sweeping the country.

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The Hidden Art of Making Food Look Good on TV
The New York Times takes a look at "tabletop directors" and the complicated business of filming food.

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Winemaking in Fine Cement; Shark's Fin Soup Banned in California
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Siegfried & Roy Brutally Maul Birthday Cake
We consider it our privilege--nay, our duty--to keep you up to date on what the stars of the world are putting in their mouths.

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New sleuths for food safety; Michelin-starred chef gets new job at McDonald's
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The Marijuana-Infused "Open Secrets" of California Wine Country
Check out Gourmet Live's great piece on the crossover between medical marijuana and American food and wine.

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The Secret Life of an Heirloom Seed Geek (Who Works Next Door)
Our Deputy Editor wrote the book on heirlooms. Really.

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New Trend in School Lunches Has Nothing to Do with Food
An apple, a juicebox, and a PB+J in a Ziploc is no longer enough--inspirational notes are becoming standard for some school lunches.

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Diversify Your Cocktail Ingredients
How to stock your liquor cabinet so you can make almost any drink

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food52's Best Root Vegetable Side Dish
Who have New York Times food writers Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs chosen as their finalists this time around?

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America's Best Charcuterie, from Virginia Speck to Oregon Chorizo
The best cured meats in America, from Iowa prosciutto spread to Utah mocetta, and how to serve them to your guests

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Ice is the Most Important Guest at Your Cocktail Party
Ice may be the single most important ingredient for a party. Please, stock up.

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The Race to Grow the One-Ton Pumpkin; DIY Cannabis Flour
Today's recommended links from BA editors...

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Five Mixers You'll Need for a Cocktail Party
Carbonated mixers are an easy way to elevate the everyday drink. At every cocktail party, there are those people who only drink X spirit with X soda, a.k.a., a highball. Lift their liquor beyond the average airplane Gin and Tonic with a quality mixer.

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E-Julia
And the NY Times has a good piece on how hard it was to wrangle that big 'ol book into a digi-friendly format.

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Junk Food Makeover
We challenged nutritionist Tricia Williams to healthy-up the king of packaged cupcakes

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The Kids are Asleep! Bring on the Grown-Up Dinner Party
The kids are ready for bed, the cocktails are chilled, and SpongeBob conversation can wait until tomorrow
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Food Advertisers Now Speaking Directly to Canine Consumers
An Austrian TV ad includes sounds for dog ears only, which are known to make dogs either want to buy a particular brand of dog food or just run around in circles and drool on stuff

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Essential Tools for Cocktail Parties
The tools you use to make your drinks are almost as important as what goes into them
