#27: Bettina Makalintal (VICE)

The VICE & Munchies writer on Chili Oils & Crisps, Fancy Key Clips, ASMR Cooking Videos, and more

Cool people like cool things, which is why we asked cool person Bettina Makalintal to come on Perfectly Imperfect & spread the hot rec wealth.

While at VICE Bettina has been writing fantastic food & culture pieces such as A Case for a More Regional Understanding of Food and A Deep Dive Into the 'Gentrification Font', where she dives into that one font you see on nearly every new luxury condo development. When she isn’t writing, she’s serving up mouth-watering dishes like crispy eggs on her Instagram page which is named @crispyegg420. Bettina has great taste & lucky for us, she’s here to talk about what she’s been into.

Without further ado

Bettina Makalintal (twitter, instagram)

🌶️ A variety of chili oils and crisps

Like many people over the course of pandemic, I've gotten really into chili crisp over this year, because it makes even the most simple, lazy meal instantly better. The upside of the chili crisp boom is that there are a lot of new options, many of them from small sellers an…