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bettina makalintal
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i write for eater, i cook a lot etc / i'm here but also i'm not / @crispyegg420 on instagram
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Thank you all SO MUCH for your support. Our incredible Bargaining Committee worked into the night for us and reached a Tentative Agreement at around 5am! 🙏💪🥳🎉

As of now there will be NO STRIKE! Please continue enjoying all our work, knowing you all helped us get here! #unionstrong #voxunion #1u
June 13, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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The Salon with Jill Damatac, guest-hosted by @bettina.bsky.social, up now: www.aliciakennedy.news/p/is-this-re...
“Is This Real for Me?”
A conversation with author Jill Damatac on mythology, recipes, and legibility.
www.aliciakennedy.news
June 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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The Vox Media Union’s current union contract expires at 11:59 pm ET on June 12.

Time is running out, but Vox Media management has refused to even discuss our proposals in good faith. Send a letter urging Vox Media CEO Jim Bankoff to negotiate a fair contract NOW! wgaea.st/vox-letter
Help union members at Vox Media win a fair contract
Writers Guild of America East members at Vox Media are bargaining for a new union contract before their current CBA expires at 11:59 pm ET on June 12. Our proposed terms are fair, reasonable, and foc...
wgaea.st
June 2, 2025 at 11:38 PM
i’m wife
wife plated some snacks so beautifully that they look like a still life
March 27, 2025 at 2:01 AM
every pitch meeting i just say "like a money diary" and hope something sticks. finally, i was able to be nosy about "date night" and what people consider worth spending money on
www.eater.com/24365630/dat...
The State of Date Night Dining
We asked couples across the country about budgets, date nights in, and what makes a restaurant really "worth it"
www.eater.com
February 14, 2025 at 10:04 PM
happy valentine's day, i wrote a good headline
www.eater.com/24365776/fin...
At Taco Bell, I Lived Más and I Loved Más
After chatting someone up on OkCupid, we went to Taco Bell for our first date — and that’s history.
www.eater.com
February 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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We are overwhelmed by and grateful for the support we've received from everyone in the aftermath of Vox Media's awful end-of-year layoffs.

If you have some spare cash, please donate. All funds will go directly to those who lost their jobs last week.

www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...
Donate to Stand with the Vox Media Union and Thrillist Union, organized by Ashok Selvam
On Thursday, December 5, nearly 40 members of the Vox Media Union, Thr… Ashok Selvam needs your support for Stand with the Vox Media Union and Thrillist Union
www.gofundme.com
December 9, 2024 at 2:41 PM
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🍜🍽️ French onion soup beans, made loosely from this @bettina.bsky.social substack. Beans are the Rancho Gordo Snowcaps that they sent out to the club awhile back.
November 20, 2024 at 4:07 PM
we’re so back
December 9, 2023 at 2:53 PM
to know her (my focaccia) is to love her (my focaccia)
November 9, 2023 at 6:08 PM
ppl are like "green bean casserole is mushy" like that's a bad thing but that's the whole point!!!
November 9, 2023 at 5:35 PM
we got married and it was fun!!!!!
got married to the love of my life 💓
October 29, 2023 at 1:43 PM
why are we calling it “dopamine decor” when it’s literally just. buying things you like
October 22, 2023 at 1:23 AM
the most mid food creators are obsessed with rating and ranking global foods and like why! just make the food! what is the point of the needless comparisons!
October 21, 2023 at 7:10 PM
i can’t believe that this is the person i’ve become
October 21, 2023 at 12:22 AM
i sprinkled a little salt sugar msg mixture on my focaccia and it turned out extremely delicious. do with that information what you will
October 20, 2023 at 6:57 PM
the burrito making station
October 15, 2023 at 4:40 PM
one thing about being on the internet for a really long time is you inevitably watch all your fav blog era girlies go from being innocuous and twee to scamming people with crystals or becoming niche wellness influencers obsessed with forehead tapping or the "divine feminine"
October 12, 2023 at 6:13 PM
i'm a girl with simple wants i just want a house with a nice big dining room with enough space for a long table to have dinner parties
October 12, 2023 at 2:21 PM
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Check out the @eater.bsky.social piece on maximalism in restaurants, and the piece where I spoke to @bettina.bsky.social about how Italian food is the perfect fit for this trend.

www.eater.com/23900383/why...
October 11, 2023 at 4:42 PM
they should make a photo app that detects that you've done all your makeup but forgot to put something on your lips and reminds you before you take a selfie (this is my struggle)
October 11, 2023 at 3:18 PM
superiority burger focaccia greens sandwich (bettina’s version)
October 10, 2023 at 4:30 PM
get me OFF bed bug internet i don’t need to know!!!!
October 8, 2023 at 9:19 PM
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went to get our marriage license 💏
October 3, 2023 at 5:10 PM