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Sam Dean

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

Cooking

The History of Hard Cider, From the Old Testament to the Apple Orchard

This week's Eat Your Words looks at a fall favorite: cider
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Meat Hooked! at the Film Food Festival

And we have an interview with the director of tonight's big documentary, 'Meat Hooked!'
Cooking

A Spooky Ghost Pizza for Halloween

This time of year, all food should inspire fear
Culture

Modern Stone and Flint Knives (for the Prehistoric Kitchen)

Tired of using metal to cut things? Nothing says "authentic" like knives made of rocks
Culture

Handwritten Recipes

The website Handwritten Recipes collects old recipes found in used books, and occasionally even tests them out
Lifestyle

Anthony Bourdain's Surprise 'Wire' Reunion in Crown Heights

Oxtail stew and fist-bumps ensue
Lifestyle

What Alice Cooper, Tony Bennett, and Deepak Chopra Really Think About Food

And other celebrity food philosophies from the New York Times
Culture

How a Bad Rye Crop Might Have Caused the Salem Witch Trials

One of the leading explanations for one the spookiest events in American history
Culture

Snoop Dogg Raps for Hot Pockets

"Pocket Like It's Hot" might not make much sense as advice, but it does rhyme with "Drop It Like It's Hot"
Culture

Watch the Swiss Spaghetti Harvest of 1957

A mild winter made this year's pasta crop especially bountiful (according to this 1957 hoax)
Cooking

The Impress Coffee Brewer Cup

The Impress coffee brewer cup seems like the logical next step in portable coffee brewing technology
Cooking

Keep Out the Cold with a Tall Glass of Tomas Collins

The Tomas Collins is the Nordic wind you need to sweep the week away
Culture

Greely Myatt's Wooden Cake Sculptures Look Good Enough to Eat

Artist Greely Myatt manages to make blocks of wood and acrylic paint look as good as any edible confection
Culture

Watch Anthony Bourdain Get Roasted in NYC

Mario Batali, Eric Ripert, Rachael Ray, and Guy Fieri all took turns at the podium to politely share their opinions about Mr. Bourdain
Cooking

The History of the Word Cake

The history of the word of the week!
Culture

Agatha Christie's Favorite Food Was Cream

The great writer couldn't keep her hands off a good dish of clotted cream
Cooking

Try Solving This Rubik's Cake

Every slice shows a different combination of colored squares
Lifestyle

Stephen Colbert on Coffee Cup Polling and Pizza Toppings Town Hall

"What could be more American than using our electoral process for product placement?"