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Sam Dean

Sam Dean is a former staff writer for BonAppetit.com. He lives in Brooklyn.

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Videos of Robots That Cook Pancakes, Pizza, Burgers, and More

Robots are taking over chefs' roles, making everything from pancakes to pizza to burgers. Here's a look at our automated-food future
Cooking

Are Parsnips and Turnips Related or What?

Are parsnips and turnips related or what? We get to the root of these roots
Cooking

Elvis's Peanut Butter, Bacon, and Banana Sandwich Lives Again

Elvis's favorite peanut butter, bacon, and banana sandwiches live again, thanks to the efforts of one devoted (if kooky) fan
Lifestyle

Foods That Make You Hallucinate

Nope, not LSD. But crazy-hot peppers, certain kinds of fish, and nutmeg can all make you hallucinate. Here's how
Cooking

A Beautiful Bowl of Thai Curry in Less Than an Hour

Try our Thai Chicken Curry for dinner tonight (and you'll be eating before you know it)
Culture

A BA Sneak Peak of Chef Yannick Alleno's New NOWNESS Video

In this exclusive sneak peek at a new Nowness video, the Michelin-starred chef preps his new restaurant--and wrangles one huge black truffle
techniques

Chocolate Chip Cookies Have a Salty Big Sibling

But these chocolate chunk cookies are really sweethearts, underneath it all
techniques

Perfect Pan-Roasted Chicken

Watch chef Geoffrey Zakarian show BA's Adam Rapoport how to pan-roast the paillard of his dreams
Culture

The Day's Food News

The giant squid has finally been found, a tax-averse diner stiffs wait staff, your liver needs a day off, and more in our daily roundup of food news
Lifestyle

HAPIfork

Eat too fast, and the HAPIfork will buzz and light up. Yup, it's another "brilliant" invention from this year's Consumer Electronics Show
Culture

Crab Toast

Take crabmeat and avocado, toss in jalapenos and lemon juice, and you've got a healthy-fat reverie (on toast)
Cooking

8 Fun Things to Fry on National Tempura Day

It's National Tempura Day, so get ready to fry with this simple recipe and eight surprising ingredients, from Kosher dills to cheddar cheese
Cooking

Golden Beet and Jicama Salad

Golden beets and jicama come together with creme fraiche for Meatless Monday
Cooking

Winter Shortcakes to Save Your Weekend

Figgy biscuit bread filled with cream and jam, all hot and fresh, for you on these coldest of mornings
Cooking

Moxie's Cold Cure-all

We can't promise that Moxie's Cold Cure-all will cure all colds, but it'll make you feel a hell of a lot better
Cooking

The Etymology of the Words Teetotal and Alcohol

Why do abstainers teetotal? And why's booze called alcohol? We delve into the origins of some spirited terms
Cooking

The Easiest, Fastest, No-Boil Mac and Cheese

This mac and cheese recipe is so fast and easy it must violate some law of pasta physics
Culture

How to Order Dim Sum, Why Not to Drink Energy Drinks, the Impossibility of Historical Flavor

Lucky Peach shows how to win at Chinese nibbles, MoJo knows why you're fat, and more in our daily roundup of food news
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One-Day Sale at HSN

It's 2013. Get your kitchen in order with the really pretty cool eight-piece BA mixing-bowl set, just $35 at HSN today