Culture
Yes, your Stanley cup has a lead pellet in it. Here’s what you need to know about it, according to experts.
Ali Francis
Instead of spending hours standing over the stove, I can have curry laksa in 30 minutes.
Urmila Ramakrishnan
Plus, a lawsuit is alleging that Dunkin’s non-dairy milk upcharge is discriminatory, a woman in California tried to steal 65 Stanley Quenchers, and more.
Li Goldstein
She and her team fly to a new city daily while working on a premium cable documentary series. She grabs to-go breakfasts at airport Starbucks, sips Diet Coke at late-night shoots, and makes Ali Slagle’s Sheet-Pan Feta when she’s finally able to cook.
Bon Appétit Contributor
On the heels of legal weed and the growing fervor around microdosing, magic mushroom chocolates have made the leap from dry caps and dank truffles to luxe candy bars and bon bons.
Meghan McCarron
Plus, the Critic’s Choice Awards served bagged pizza as sustenance (Oprah declined), Gisele released a Giselderberry Boost smoothie with Erewhon, and more.
Li Goldstein
You've probably already seen Josh Cellars wines everywhere. And there are a lot of reasons why.
Ali Francis
Plus, Mark Zuckerberg’s latest startup is a cattle herd being fattened up with beer and macadamia nuts, and the poise of 2023’s girl dinner has given way to the all-consuming chaos of 2024’s rat snack.
Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors
I bake buttery garlic naan and cook Kenji López-Alt’s San Francisco-Style Vietnamese American Garlic Noodles, indulge in an all-you-can drink aperitivo hour, and forget the Lactaid before a late-night cheesecake snack.
Bon Appétit Contributor
European superstore Carrefour has pulled PepsiCo products off the shelves to protest price hikes. But American consumers maybe shouldn’t get too excited just yet.
Sam Stone
Losing her father (and a string of bad dates) made writer Laurel Braitman think romance wasn't for her.
Laurel Braitman
In her February 2024 letter, our editor-in-chief reflects on eating meat, but only when it makes sense.
Jamila Robinson
Buffalo chicken pudding barfait. Salmon roe boba tea. The recipes in Dennis Lee’s “Food Is Stupid” newsletter seem like jokes—but the food world is taking him seriously.
Adam Reiner
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Plus, the mascot at this college football game was a giant Pop Tart eaten in a chilling ritual sacrifice, and a former congresswoman was caught posting stolen food photos on social media.
Li Goldstein
The rise of weight-loss drugs like Ozempic revealed a deep truth about our culture’s relationship to food and consumption.
Samhita Mukhopadhyay
Giant Stanley cups, WaterTok, Erewhon’s $26 luxury water. In 2023, it seems we were thirstier than ever.
Sam Stone
Martha Stewart’s Sports IIllustrated swimsuit cover. The Grimace Shake. Girl dinner. In this timeline, we trace this year’s biggest Extremely Online food moments.
Ali Francis
She makes quick and easy Trader Joe’s lunches between story interviews and snacks on dried mango and almonds at long city council meetings.
Bon Appétit Contributor
Plus, Ikea UK released a giant, limited-supply meatball for the holidays, and we tried the Doritos-flavored liquor.
Li Goldstein
The prequel to ‘Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,’ starring Timothée Chalamet, milks nostalgia while offering a sweeter experience.
Mayukh Sen
The Tony Award–winning “Hamilton” star Leslie Odom Jr. sometimes performs two shows in one day. One sandwich gets him through.
Nina Moskowitz
Plus, Bradley Cooper served Philly cheesesteaks out of a truck in New York and a woman, after throwing a burrito bowl at a Chipotle worker, was sentenced to fast-food work.
Li Goldstein
For the last decade, the @MarthaStewart48 Instagram account has shared freewheeling posts about Martha Stewart’s personal life in chaotic, mesmerizing detail.
Rachel Sugar
Plus: Martha Stewart revealed her go-to Dunkin’ order and Subway is launching a footlong cookie.
Li Goldstein