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

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We Made a Shirt to Thank All the Beans—And to Raise Money for World Central Kitchen
Plus, more new spring-y merch!

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There's No Better Time to...Regrow Your Scallions
Scallions beget scallions beget scallions beget…

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Recipes
15 Staple Recipes the BA Staff Turns to When There’s Nothing in the Fridge
No groceries? No worries.
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Cooking
Koshari Is the Cozy Pile of Carbs I Make to Clean Out the Fridge
All my people out there saving an ounce of pasta or a spoonful of cooked lentils, this one's for you.

Culture
I Can’t Help But Absolutely Demolish a Jar of Tostitos Salsa Con Queso
This queso has some bite, is velvety smooth, and refuses to ever congeal.

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Leading a Virtual Dance Party Is What I'm Living For Right Now
5Rhythms doesn't care that I can't tell my right from my left. It's an open invitation to do whatever my body wants to do.

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What To Do When Your Girlfriend Gets Sick? Make Soup
Katy's COVID-19 symptoms had me panic-buying bidets and sleeping with a hatchet. Then I remembered the kitchen.


Lifestyle
This Recipe Is Everything I Love About Chicken Soup, Minus the Meat
I never thought a veg broth could live up to a chicken one—I was wrong.

Lifestyle
My Mom's Pot Brownies Were Legendary During the AIDS Epidemic. This Is Her Recipe.
At its height, my mom's San Francisco bakery was producing 10,000 cannabis brownies every month.

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I Don’t Know If It’s Tuesday or Thursday, But I Know What I’m Doing at Lunch
Clocks are melting Salvador Dali-style, but I'm taking an actual lunch break.

Culture
Tomato Paste Will Get You Far in This World
At least as far as the next bowl of vodka sauce is concerned.

Lifestyle
How to Meal Prep for One But Never Eat the Same Thing Twice
Christina Chaey has spent the past decade honing her solo-cooking rules.

Coronavirus
This App Helps Me Cook With What I Have Instead of Heading to the Store Again
Shop your pantry before the supermarket.

Lifestyle
Three Things That Are Helping
I’ve been trying to bring softness to my daily life wherever possible.

Cooking
How to Make Do With Some Smart Swaps
When the getting isn’t good, your dinner can still be great.

Lifestyle
The Cookbook That Makes Herbal Medicine Totally Approachable
There’s chicken stock to bolster the immune system, lattes to increase circulation, and calming rose-petal toast spread thick with cultured butter.

Culture
I Make My Own Ice Cream, But I Fully Endorse Jeni’s Pints
Specifically the floral, creamy honey vanilla bean flavor.

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There's No Better Time to… Break Out The Good Stuff
From Champagne to fancy pecans, here's what BA staffers are finally getting into.

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It Took a Global Pandemic, But I'm Finally Calling My Mom
Over FaceTime, she coaches me through meatballs and eggplant parm, and for the first time I understand the scope of her love.

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Recipes
14 Project Recipes the BA Staff Is Cooking to Stay Calm
For when we need to stop worrying and get cooking.
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What to Know About Shopping and Cooking During Coronavirus
We turned to trusted health and safety experts to help answer some of our most pressing questions.

Culture
Cooking Through Coronavirus
Recipes, advice, essays, and more for when you’ve got nowhere to be but home.

Cooking
Make a Whole Galette For Yourself Because You’re Worth It
Who says the only joy of cooking is cooking for others?

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We Can’t Go to Restaurants Anymore, So I Opened a Pretend One
COVID-19 has robbed us of pleasures both big and small. Dining at Chez Raché’s is a minor defense against major grief.

Culture
This Extremely Precise Electric Kettle Grounds Me in the Morning
My Fellow electric kettle not only provides hot water boiled to an exact degree, but also a sense of calm.


Culture
I Used Up Random Rice and Made BA’s Best Risotto
Plus more bits and bobs from the week at Bon Appétit.


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What It's Like to Be Single and 8 Months Pregnant in Isolation
“The people who show up for you are the people who show up for you, and that's amazing. And you should not be afraid to ask for help.”