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Bettina Makalintal is a senior reporter at Eater.com, whose areas of coverage include food in pop culture, restaurant and retail trends, and home cooking. Previously, she was an associate print editor at Bon Appétit and a staff writer at Vice's Munchies. Before writing full-time, she worked multiple roles in the service industry.

What It’s Really Like to Be a Restaurant Wars Diner on ‘Top Chef’

By Bettina Makalintal

How Our Pop-Up Expanded to Serve a 10,000-Person Waitlist

By Bettina Makalintal

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In New York, Restaurant Beer Menus Are Going International

By Bettina Makalintal

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Restaurant Beer Menus in New York Are Going International

By Bettina Makalintal

A Mushroom-Based Condiment That Captures the Essence of Filipino Cuisine

In his debut cookbook, ‘In the Kusina,’ Woldy Reyes provides a vegetarian bagoong that has almost as much complexity as the real thing

By Bettina Makalintal

Padma Lakshmi’s ‘Taste the Nation’ Isn’t Coming Back, But It’s Taking New Form

By Bettina Makalintal

Of Course You Can Bake Without Eggs. Vegan Pastry Chefs Tell Us How.

By Bettina Makalintal

Can You Make Quiche Without Eggs? We Sure Tried.

We tested four different versions of eggless quiche to see if such a thing is possible, let alone good

By Bettina Makalintal

Trump’s Tariffs Are Raising the Cost of ‘Business as Usual’ for Food Purveyors

By Jaya Saxena and Bettina Makalintal

Are Smoothies Evil? On ‘The White Lotus,’ Maybe.

By Bettina Makalintal