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Serena Dai

Editorial Director

Serena Dai joined Bon Appétit as editorial director in 2022, overseeing everything digital for the publication. Previously, she oversaw food and wine coverage at The San Francisco Chronicle and worked as the Editor of Eater NY, where she spearheaded the investigation of Mario Batali’s alleged misconduct. She’s also worked as a local news reporter in Chicago and New York, and can be seen talking about race and food in season one of the Netflix docuseries Ugly Delicious. She doesn’t order burgers at fancy restaurants, but she will eat a pint of ice cream in one sitting.

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The 3 Best Coffee Grinders for Pour-Overs, Espresso, and However Else You Make Your Coffee

These are what the pros use at home.
recipes

Miracle Cabbage Stir-Fry

This quick and crunchy dish relies on high heat and malty black vinegar.
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The Cabbage Stir-Fry I Ate Nonstop to Ease Postpartum Constipation

I’d struggled on the toilet before. But nothing prepared me for the pain of pooping after childbirth.
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My Family’s Smashed Cucumber Salad Never Gets Old

With juicy tomatoes and scrambled eggs, it’s a fast, few-ingredient favorite.
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Garlic Scapes, Bacon, Soy Sauce—That’s the Recipe

If you see garlic scapes, grab them, then make this stir-fry.
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Yes, You Can Make Homemade Noodles on a Weeknight

With these two test-kitchen-favorite techniques.
recipes

Ultra-Chewy Scissor-Cut Noodles

The only tool you’ll need for these simple, chubby homemade noodles is a pair of kitchen shears.
recipes

Three-Cup Chicken With Scissor-Cut Noodles

This sweet-and-savory Taiwanese sauce is famously simple, and these homemade noodles are too.
culture

The Liberating Pleasures of Eating Meat With Your Bare Hands

The best way to eat meat is straight off the bone or out of the shell—with your bare hands, BA’s Serena Dai writes.
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The Internet’s Biggest Food Moments in 2022, Ranked from Delicious to Distressing

Pilk, Pink Sauce, Corn Kid, rotisserie chicken man, and more—we rank the year’s main characters in a matrix.
Editors' Picks

This Space-Saving Trash Can Keeps My Kitchen From Looking Like Garbage

Thanks to Joseph Joseph, my trash system is, dare I say, chic?
culture

‘The Menu’ Is a Movie Made for Pretentious ‘Foodies’ (Like You—and Me)

Written by the people behind ‘Succession,’ the movie is like a painfully accurate Onion or Reductress take on food culture.
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A “What I Eat in a Day” TikTok That’s Actually Worth Watching

Plus, we have some tips for the guy eating Fiber One tuna salad in the newest Delicious or Distressing
culture

Guy Using Hot Dog as Straw Is the Most Distressing (Yet Impressive) Food Video of the Week

Plus, corn kid, Papa John’s crustless pizza, and other viral food moments that are delicious, distressing, or both
culture

Do You Need to Care About Dimes Square? Probably Not

The Lower East Side “microneighborhood” houses some great restaurants. That’s the only reason to visit.
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Danny Meyer Is No Longer CEO of His Influential Restaurant Group

From the way restaurants treated staff to how produce was sourced, he changed restaurant culture in a major way.
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Goodbye to Mission Chinese Food and Its Complicated Legacy

The last New York location of Danny Bowien’s restaurant closes this week, leaving behind a complicated legacy and a trail of scarred workers.
culture

The ‘Bobafication’ of American Chain Drinks Is Here

The boba shop is a place of constant innovation and endless customization. Of course chains like Peet’s and Starbucks are taking cues.