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Sam Dean

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

Restaurants

Your Kid's Summer Camp

Sleepaway camps are updating their menus and adding cooking classes for a new generation of food-crazy kids
Lifestyle

Man Anthropomorphizes Crustacean, Saves Old Lobster from Death

"Lucky Larry" lives to scuttle another day
Cooking

Kimchi Ramen Grilled Cheese Sandwich

The principle of x and y both tasting good, so x+y tasting good, put to the test
Lifestyle

Dunkin Donuts' 'Flavor Radio' Sprays the Smell of Coffee into Korean Buses to Boost Sales

This man certainly looks surprised but unimpressed that his bus suddenly smells like coffee
Culture

The Unexpected Sweet Reason Rick Ross Named a New Track "Diced Pineapple"

AND the new track has already leaked to YouTube. Huzza!
Cooking

15 Meatless Recipes for a Drought-Friendly Diet (No Rain Required)

Cooking is about nothing if not resourcefulness, right?
Cooking

The Stove Pendant

It's a beautiful piece of Joule-ry. Like the unit of energy! Get it?
Lifestyle

What Insanely Fit Olympic Lightweight Rower Nick LaCava Eats in a Day

He's 6' 3", about 156 pounds, and the co-founder of a chocolate company. Nice work, Sir
Culture

Choco-fy Your Instagrams with Cocoagraph

It's certainly a healthier option than eating your old Polaroids (or even worse, your iPhone)
Lifestyle

A Biologist Explains Why the Paleo Diet Doesn't Make Any Sense

If you're going to base a diet on evolutionary biology, you've got to go back a little further than cavemen
Culture

Exploding a Watermelon with Rubber Bands Now in Slow Motion

The Slow Mo Guys wisely chose to do their melonsploding in the great outdoors
Cooking

Midsummer in a Glass

Peaches. Apricots. Nectarines. Sangria
Culture

Le Nid de Nantes

Those wacky Bretons are at it again
Lifestyle

Fake Fage

NPR reports that some yogurt companies are mixing additives with their normal yogurts to make them more like the Greek variety
Cooking

Ye Olde Kookerie

Get yourself some egg whites, some sack, and a whole bundle o' birch twigs. It's syllabub time!
Culture

Julianne Hough Always Has, Always Will Put Milk Duds on Popcorn

We talked to the dancer/singer/actress about her morning routine and some other favorite treats
Lifestyle

Oregon Is Caffeinating the Pacific Ocean

Have java junkies gone too far?
Lifestyle

Ultraman-Like Robots Now Working in Chinese Restaurants

They're just human noodles, not like wires that robots eat, or anything like that
Lifestyle

What Should Astronauts Eat On Their Trip to Mars?

NASA scientists are working on a menu for a projected 2030 mission to the red planet, and meat and dairy won't be along for the ride