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Rochelle Bilow

Senior Associate Web Editor. When she’s not torturing herself by grinding coffee beans by hand and making her own butter, Rochelle writes about cooking techniques and seasonal eating for bonappetit.com. She comes to BA by way of a small farm in Central New York, where she worked as a farmhand and the farm cook. She never met a nut or seed butter she didn’t like. Spirit food: Tahini

Culture

How to Design a Smarter, Better, Easier to Use (and Clean!) Kitchen

Here are 9 tips for designing your kitchen in a functional and fashionable way.

Cure Your Hangover (Or at Least Hunger) with a Breakfast Sandwich

Make a to-go breakfast sandwich at home—don't forget the hot sauce!

How to Make Bar Snacks, Minus the Bar

Bring the best part of any bar home with these spicy almonds: The snacks!

Sweater Weather Means Pho Weather

Brothy, meaty pho is surprisingly easy to make at home—this recipe is done in 30 minutes.

Skip the Pie: Use Your Apples In a Dutch Baby, Instead

If you're a fan of apple pie, you'll like this giant, fluffy apple pancake.

What Makes a Great Knife? For Bloodroot Blades, a Sharp Edge and a Good Story

Here's a look behind what drives the men of Bloodroot Blades—and a closer look at their custom knife-making business

Labneh and Citrus: A Creamy, Lemony Dream

Preserved lemon is great in just about everything—even creamy labneh.
Cooking

Cornbread Tamale Pie Is the Greatest Recipe of All Time

Could cornbread tamale pie—a quick and spicy chili topped with cornbread—be the greatest recipe of all time?

Char Your Romaine; Never Look at Salad the Same Way Again

Go grill-crazy: This salad should be charred to a crisp.

A Fried Rice Mash-Up That's Easy to Love

Dirty rice plus fried rice equals one of the tastiest mash-ups we've ever had.

How to Make Rice Pudding that Isn't Vanilla (Or Vanilla-Flavored)

Rice pudding can be a little vanilla—this recipe, with orange-flower water and honey, changes all that.
Culture

Morgan from 'The Mindy Project' Eats 2 Lunches, Wants a 'Big-Thick-Pizza Truck'

If the weird guy from The Mindy Project (aka Ike Barinholtz) were a condiment, he'd be Sriracha. Learn about why he eats 2 lunches, his desire for a deep-dish-pizza truck, and more of his food musings

Spice Up Your Life (Or at Least Your Hot Chocolate)

Like chile-spiked chocolate? You're going to love this recipe.
Culture

Carrots Have Always Been Delicious, Now Might Make You Tan

A roundup of food news from around the Internet on September 25, 2014.
Restaurants

Estela 101: Everything You Need to Know About President Obama's NYC Restaurant Pick

President Obama ate at Bon Appétit's No. 3 Best New Restaurant in America—here's everything you need to know about the NYC's Estela.

Nothing Hits the Spot Like a Cheesy Weeknight Casserole

Who has time to make a smoked trout casserole on a weeknight? You do, with this recipe!
Culture

Happy New Year! Have Some Manischewitz (and a Burger)

A roundup of food news from around the Internet on September 24, 2014.

Not Too Sweet, and Easy to Bake: Let's Make Meringues

Meringues are easier to make than you think: These ones are flavored with almond and anise.
techniques

6 Things You Learn About Food, After Cooking on a Farm

Spend a year as a farm cook and you'll learn a lot about eating local and cooking seasonally. BA associate web editor Rochelle Bilow shares her tips.