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Sam Dean

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

Culture

A Video Tour of the Stahlemuhle Distillery, One of the Best (and Most Beautiful) Liquor Producers in the World

Watching this video about the Stahlemuhle distillery is probably the most pleasant thing you're going to do today
Cooking

Unreal, the New Candy Made by a Super-Rich 15-Year-Old (and Promoted by Tom Brady)

This candy's made with no preservatives, no artificial flavors, and a whole lot of well-connected capital
Lifestyle

Tiger Woods Ryder Cup Victory

Just a bite of the stinking rose is known to lay Woods low for weeks!
Culture

Gary Komarin's 'Cake Paintings,' Paintings of Cakes on Paper Bags

We'd rather watch inedible cake paintings than Cake Boss any day
Culture

Dutch MINI Car Campaign "How Do You Drive Your Coffee?" Doesn't Make Any Sense

How you eat has nothing to do with how you drive!
Cooking

The History of Lamb and Mutton, Inspired by The Campaign for Wool

English got a little weird after the French invaded Britain
Lifestyle

Google's Driverless Car and the Future of Fast Food

Google innovates, we speculate!
Cooking

Hot Dog Bun French Toast

Don't chuck those leftover grill byproducts!
Lifestyle

Stephen Colbert Weighs in on the Bacon Shortage

The man has a plan to ride out the worst of the coming bacon wars
Culture

An Illustrated Oktoberfest Party

We're smack in the middle of Oktoberfest, and this illustration puts you smack in the middle of the party
Lifestyle

How the iPhone 5 Might Destroy All Restaurants

A new report shows that people have been cutting back on their dining out so that they can pay their cell phone bills
Culture

A Fixie Bike Made of Food

You can't ride it, but you can definitely eat it
Culture

Watch the Birth of a Jack Daniels Barrel

This video follows the barrel through the cooperage as it goes from piles of boards to finished, charred barrels
Lifestyle

"Unavoidable" Bacon Shortage Predicted for 2013

Maybe this is what the Mayans meant with the apocalypse thing
Culture

Vintage Dixie Cup Dispenser Advertisement

And a strictly enforced pantsuit dress code
Culture

Jerry Seinfeld, Mel Brooks, and Carl Reiner Sit Down for a TV Dinner...

In the newest episode of Seinfeld's 'Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee,' that's the set-up for about 15 minutes of jokes
Lifestyle

That Time the U.S. Taste-Tested the Effect of Nukes on Beer

After the bottles survived the blast, some unlucky lab techs had to test out the nuked brew
Cooking

Build Your Own Hydroponic Garden Using Only Parts from IKEA

Thanks to an Italian designer with a love of gardening and flatpacks
Culture

What Dancing with the Stars' Drew Lachey Eats for Breakfast

The Dancing with the Stars cast member talked with us about his morning routine
Lifestyle

What Was the First Animal to Taste Like Chicken?

It might go back way further than just "the first chicken," by a couple hundred million years