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What We Ate, Drank, and Cooked Over the Holidays

The holidays came with a flurry of food—and we took pictures of all of it. Here are the best things we ate, drank, and cooked, as meticulously chronicled on Instagram
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4 Times Square might have been closed for business on Christmas, but our stomachs were not. The Bon Appétit staff traveled far and wide for the holidays, and—lest you think we were sleeping on the job—we managed to keep doing what we do best: eating. Better yet, because we love the attention, we photographed all of it using this nifty little app called "Instagram." Now, from fish tacos to homemade marshmallows to tremendous bottles of rosé, we humbly proffer the hard-earned fruits of our holiday vacation. It's like your very own Bon Appétit postcard set. Wish you were here! XOXOX!

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    Managing editor Stacey Rivera (@staceriv3) made marshmallows: "corn syrup, sugar, chemistry."

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    Pomegranate punch by assistant online editor Danielle Walsh (@deedubbayew)

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    Online editor Matt Gross (@worldmatt) enjoyed Malaysian kari ayam (curry chicken).

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    No Feast of the Seven Fishes is complete without sea urchins. Assistant editor Joanna Sciarrino (@jcsciarrino) made hers Italian style: raw with red wine.

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    Multimedia editor Matt Duckor (@mattduckor) enjoyed Ricky's Fish Tacos in Los Angeles

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    Meanwhile, in Toronto, special projects editor Ashlea Halpern (@ashleahalpern) was devouring chorizo tacos at Aunties & Uncles.

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    Our very own pepperoni-asiago pinwheels, as lovingly prepared by Danielle Walsh (@deedubbayew)

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    Our intrepid editor in chief, Adam Rapoport (@rapo4), plowed through the holidays with a bottle of Mateus rosé ever at the ready.

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    Associate editor Julia Kramer (@juliakramer) had to settle a bet at the Spicy & Tasty dinner table: whose hand was closest to the lazy susan?

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    Senior associate food editor Alison Roman's (@alisoneroman) formidable Christmas Eve spread.

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    Grapefruit and bacon: Senior associate editor Meryl Rothstein (@merylrothstein) courts and rebuffs the Health Gods in one fell swoop.

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    A no-nonsense garlic dip by senior food editor Dawn Perry (@dawnkperry)

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    Food and features editor Carla Lalli Music (@lallimusic) made a Christmas Eve seafood salad with giant shrimp, scallops, calamari, celery, olive oil, and lemon.

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    Amiel Stanek (@b_goutish), assistant to the editor in chief, poured himself some whiskey and got to work on a bread recipe soon to be revealed by a certain food magazine . . .

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    It's just not a real holiday until you cook an 8-course Sichuan meal for a Sichuanese grandpa. Among many delights, online editor Matt Gross (@worldmatt) prepared quick pickled cukes, fish-fragrant pork strips, and stir-fried sausage and chives.

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