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There is a time and a place for a fussy beverage, but not in this economy.

Khushbu Shah

Authors John Birdsall and Erik Piepenburg discuss the little-known legacy of queerness in food and dining

Sam Stone

In the past few years, there’s been a wave of kids’ books written by food world stars.

Alma Avalle

Bon Appétit and Epicurious editors recommend the novels and nonfiction we've been loving this fall.

Sonia Chopra

The book unnecessarily examines—and gawks at—Bourdain’s death.

Jason Diamond

Whether you follow a strict plant-based diet or are just looking to make your meals more climate-friendly, we’ve got the cookbook for you.

Tiffany Hopkins

Tantalizing food scenes, saucy characters, and page-turning plots.

Jenna Adrian-Diaz

Abra Berens’s new cookbook ‘Grist’ is a game-changing (grain-changing?) addition to your fall library.

Alex Beggs

In Laurie Woolever’s new book, Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography, chef Nigella Lawson recalls her late costar and friend, Anthony Bourdain.

Nigella Lawson, as told to Laurie Woolever

Emily Itami’s debut novel is sexy, laugh-out-loud funny, and full of prose as sumptuous as the yakitori, onigiri, and bento described.

Ali Francis

I love this cookbook. I love this coloring book. I love this combination cookbook and coloring book.

Justine Lee

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Starring our favorite protagonist: food!
I can’t get enough of Yasmin Khan’s Ripe Figs.

Sonia Chopra

Bress ’n’ Nyam—a Gullah Geechee phrase meaning “pray and eat”—takes a kaleidoscopic view of African American cuisine while staying rooted in the author’s ancestral farm.

Michael W. Twitty

For too long, mainstream food media has effectively told African American barbecuers: “We’re just not that into you.”

Adrian Miller

In Madhouse at the End of the Earth, men trapped in Antarctica for a long, cold winter realize they can’t subsist on canned meat alone. 

Alex Beggs

Jessica Murnane is all about white potatoes, foam rollers, and ditching perfectionism.

Ali Francis

“A Certain Hunger” by Chelsea G. Summers will have you rooting for a murderous restaurant critic.

Alex Beggs

Author of the new novel Memorial chats books, food, and zesters with editor in chief Dawn Davis.

Jenna Adrian-Diaz

Toni Tipton-Martin’s new cookbook is a quietly powerful study of 200 years of Black culinary genius.

Jesse Sparks

Alex Beggs

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These books made us quit ordering takeout and miss our subway stops.
We talked to the nutrition goddess about how the American diet got so out of whack.

Alex Beggs

“What went wrong with the disaster relief in Puerto Rico? The simple answer is: most of it.”

Hilary Cadigan