Kelsey Allen

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Nation

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Find the best spots daily to eat and drink in hipster neighborhoods. Hit the roof, drink a beer and eat delicious at top-tier restaurants. Plan your nightlife adventure with maps and reviews of unknown micro-brews, rooftop parties, and independent drink.

Best Restaurants & Bars - Places to Eat & Drink - Thrillist

You may have a friend who treats their sourdough starter as if it’s their child, feeding and burping it religiously.

How to Start Making Your Favorite Fermented Foods

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My most treasured memories have taken place at a dinner table.

Restaurants That Want to Throw You a Dinner Party 

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Travel

Explore adventure guides and design a custom itinerary for the destination of your choice in and around the city.

Best Travel Guides, Cool Hotels and Interesting Events - Thrillist

Throughout the past couple of years, we’ve watched comedy take on a bevy of innovative forms.

16 Comedy Events We are Looking Forward to in 2023

Veg Table

Eat clean with these vegan- and vegetarian-friendly recipes, and discover the top-rated plant-based food and drink spaces.

Veg Table: Healthy Recipes & Plant-Based Champions - Thrillist

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Reducetarianism Is a Totally Doable Approach to Plant-Based Eating 

Weekend Project

We share a recipe from an expert and allow them to share the best tips and tricks for a home cook or bartender to get it done.

Weekend Project: Home Cooking and Cocktails Made Easy

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The elements of cooking are as important as the finished product; the sound of sizzling garlic when making a stir fry, or the wafting aromas from freshly baked cookies can transport us to fond memories.

Warm Up with This Recipe for Mafe, a Nutty African Stew

Simmer Down

From hearty stews to delicious soups, Simmer Down is your go-to recipe-driven guide to cooking your favorite comfort foods with some helpful tips from experts.

Simmer Down: Go-To Recipe Guide to Cooking Soups, Stews & More

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Luladey Moges grew up in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, where her weeks were always bookended by festive barbecues hosted by her parents—“any excuse to have family and friends over,” she writes in her new cookbook.

This Ethiopian Chickpea Stew Makes Us Want to Get Cozy

My Day Off

From a late-night dive bar to an early morning bakery, museum, park, or pit-stop, our favorite celebrities and personalities reflect on why they love the city they’re in the most.

My Day Off: Ultimate Neighborhood Guide

Entertainment

Thrillist's entertainment section covers every facet of popular culture. If you care about television, music, film, or celeb news; we've got it covered.

Entertainment - Latest Entertainment & Pop Culture News - Thrillist

Matt Rogers’s Ideal Day Off Includes a Trip to Universal Studios 

Pantry Goals

From the best recommendations at Trader Joe's and Aldi to our favorite products at global markets, these stories provide you with all the inspiration you need for your next grocery trip.

Pantry Goals - Thrillist

Stock Up on These Products from Your Local Arabic Market

Recipes to Remember

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After Russia invaded Ukraine, Olia Hercules thought about memory and preservation—among many other things as conflict escalated in her home country.

Olia Hercules on Food, Family, and Ukrainian Resilience

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The concept of an Auschwitz-inspired cookbook might sound jarring at first.

This Apple Cake Recipe from an Auschwitz Survivor Inspires Comfort and Resilience

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With the constant promotion of diet hacks and prioritization of appearance over how we feel, many of us have a fraught relationship with food.

These Sweet-Tangy Cauliflower Bites Are the Perfect Crowd-Pleasing Snack

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In the past year, as a society, we have watched people destroy their coffee makers with vodka and attempt to froth milk with a soap dispenser, among other bizarre and ultimately fruitless food hacks and recipes.

Kelsey Allen’s Recent Articles

How to Start Making Your Favorite Fermented Foods

Grab some Mason jars and leftover scraps to transform your food.

Restaurants That Want to Throw You a Dinner Party

Capture the intimate essence of a small gathering—sans the post-meal cleanup.

16 Comedy Events We are Looking Forward to in 2023

Stand-up specials, one-woman shows, and group performances you won’t want to miss.

Reducetarianism Is a Totally Doable Approach to Plant-Based Eating

Think of meat as an occasional treat.

Warm Up with This Recipe for Mafe, a Nutty African Stew

Marie Kocouchia’s latest cookbook ‘Vegan Africa’ transports you to the Ivory Coast and beyond.

This Ethiopian Chickpea Stew Makes Us Want to Get Cozy

An Ethiopian staple, shiro wot goes great with tender injera and good company.

Matt Rogers’s Ideal Day Off Includes a Trip to Universal Studios

You’ll find the actor and stand-up comedian sipping on dirty martinis on Santa Monica Boulevard.

Stock Up on These Products from Your Local Arabic Market

If you’re not walking out with a tub labne, you’re doing it wrong.

Olia Hercules on Food, Family, and Ukrainian Resilience

The Ukrainian author behind ‘Home Food’ talks about the power of food and its beautiful ability to unite us—even amongst conflict.

This Apple Cake Recipe from an Auschwitz Survivor Inspires Comfort and Resilience

New cookbook ‘Honey Cake & Latkes’ features harrowing stories and recipes from Holocaust survivors.

These Sweet-Tangy Cauliflower Bites Are the Perfect Crowd-Pleasing Snack

In her cookbook ‘Love to Eat,’ food blogger Nicole Keshishian Modic wants you to eat what makes you feel good.

How the Butter Board Trend Polarized the Internet

Quirky food moments abound on the internet. But slathering butter on cutting boards is its own bizarre rollercoaster.