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How does a high-end, perennially busy Chinese restaurant in New York City keep the plates coming? Emmeline Zhao, Managing Partner at Silver Apricot in New York's West Village, leads us behind the scenes for an all access look at how the staff handles a busy Friday evening rush, serving hundreds of consistently high-quality small plates a night from their 90 square foot kitchen.
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Join Jason Wang, CEO of Xi'an Famous Foods, in the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen as he prepares hand-ripped noodles with Pork Zha Jiang meat sauce. A specialty from his hometown of Xi’an, China these handcrafted noodles paired with pork sauce and finished off with a dash of chili oil are one of the signature dishes on the menu at Xi’an Famous Foods.
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Bon Appétit’s Brad Leone is back for episode 68 of It’s Alive, aka “It’s Alive: Home Video Edition, Tape 1”. You’re invited to join him in his home kitchen to make fermented garlic ginger paste! Tune in for: garlic, ginger, dogs, kids, mathematics, flying pickles, and a special arts and crafts presentation by the one and only Sohla El-Waylly. At some point they may even cover how to make the paste!
Follow Brad on Instagram: @bradleone
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Join Claire Saffitz in the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen as she attempts to make a gourmet version of Hot Pockets!
Check out Claire's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/csaffitz/
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Join Claire Saffitz in the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen as she attempts to make gourmet Thin Mints, Samoas and Tagalongs. That's right, Claire's making Girl Scout Cookies. Did you know the Girl Scouts started selling cookies back in 1917? But it wasn't until 1951 that the Thin Mint, the cookie most synonymous with the Girl Scouts, was introduced and swept the country like a tidal wave. And now here we are, in the Test Kitchen, watching Claire make them herself.
Filmed on 1/21
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Sno Balls. Baby boomers will remember this post-World War II junk food favorite. Claire Saffitz returns to the Test Kitchen to try her hand at making gourmet Sno Balls.
Check out Claire's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/csaffitz/
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Join professional chefs Susan Kim, Chris Morocco, Harold Villarosa, Rachel Gurjar, Chrissy Tracey, and Jessie YuChen in the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen as they reveal the specialized "secret weapon" tools they've come to depend on. From cookie-making dough guns to dried bonito shavers, some of these clutch items are sure to make good additions to your kitchen.
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When it comes to classic French eateries in New York City, few are more iconic than SOHO's Balthazar. We sent Alex Delany to this famous brasserie to try one of everything on the breakfast menu, and we didn't send him alone. For this episode, he was joined by French-speaking pastry expert Claire Saffitz to eat way too much food and drink multiple bowls of milky coffee.
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The French Laundry chef gives us an inside look at the menu at Vanity Fair's 2016 Oscar Party, from black truffle lasagna to sugar-dusted donuts.
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“To be able to get those 500-plus cocktails out a night, we’re preparing hours before the doors open.” Tim Sweeney, Head Bartender of Pebble Bar at Rockefeller Center in New York, takes you through an entire day of behind the scenes prep. Sweeney demonstrates all the tools and techniques he uses to keep things running smoothly at this legendary cocktail spot.
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Pringles. They're the miraculously not greasy potato chips that come in a tube. They're also the original duck face. Join Claire Saffitz as she attempts to make a gourmet version of Pringles! And lest we forget: once you pop the fun don't stop.
Check out Claire's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/csaffitz/
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Presented by Capital One. Every year, Condé Nast Traveler reveals its annual Hot List spotlighting the best new hotels, restaurants, and more around the world. In our final edition of 2025, we visit three new hotels worth booking for their stunning design.
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Bon Appetit’s Alex Lau may just have the greatest job in the world; He gets to travel the world, dine on innovative food, and photograph it for the pages of a magazine. Oh, and did we mention he’s a competitive powerlifter? Spend a week in the life our (very cool) food photographer.
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Minneapolis is famous for the Juicy Lucy (or Jucy Lucy) -- a burger with the cheese INSIDE the meat instead of on top of it. We sent Associate Web Editor Alex Delany to the Twin Cities to try this decadent burger -- 9 of them in fact -- and give us his reaction.
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We invited Emeril to the Bon Appétit office. He spent the day walking around the building and freaking people out. Thanks a lot, Emeril.
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Marcus Samuelsson and the singer-slash-Antebellum star grab a seat at the virtual table to talk quarantine, eating on tour, and a cross-country gift.
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Two for one: Spooning spiced butter over steak flavors the meat while building a nuanced sauce.
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It's Alive with Brad Leone is back for episode 77 and this time Brad is making everybody's favorite variation on fruit: the leather kind. That's right, it's fermented fruit leather week at Bon Appétit. Join Brad as he struggles with a vacuum sealer, figures it out, gets distracted, remembers what he was doing and then moves on. Also in this episode: reminiscing on performing artist Seal's thighs, musings on picking blueberries and raspberries and so, so much more.
Follow Brad on Instagram: @brad_leone
Join Bon Appétit test kitchen guy, Brad Leone, on a wild, roundabout and marginally scientific adventure exploring fermented foods and more. From cultured butter and kombucha, to kimchi and miso, to beer and tepache, learn how to make fermented and live foods yourself.
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Today, Bon Appétit is asking 20 chefs at top NYC restaurants what the most important tools in their kitchens are. From George Motz’s smashula at Hamburger America to Kellogg’s Diner’s gelato machine (presented by Amanda Perdomo, formerly of Kellogg's Diner), find out which tools these chefs need the most to keep their restaurants running smoothly.
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Presented by Campbell's® | In the second episode of the Test Kitchen Challenge, Sohla El-Waylly teaches contestants how to make the perfect, crispy shallots the BA way. The hero challenge is impress the judges with a one-bite party appetizer worth swooning over. The winner moves on to the grand finale!
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“The different hats I wear are: shop prepping, cooking, packing, delivering, dispatcher, customer service, graphic designer. Why I do everything is because I don’t know that you’re not supposed to do everything–I don’t come from the industry.” Bon Appétit spends a day on the line with chef Salvatore La Rosa, the one-man-show behind Brooklyn’s hottest new lunch delivery service, Salvo’s Cucina Casalinga.
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Produced by Bon Appétit with Maker's Mark | Brooks visits Erin at The Shelter Collection in Charleston, SC, to learn how her glass blown cocktail vessels are made, and the surprising influence behind their unique design. Brooks tries his hand in the craft and creates a Boulevardier in Erin’s glass pitcher and cocktail glasses.
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Join Claire Saffitz in the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen as she attempts to make a gourmet version of everybody's favorite chocolate candy that melts in your mouth, not your hand: M&M's!
Check out Claire's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/csaffitz/
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Step up your appetizers game with these cheesy, pepper-infused savory palmiers.