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Sam Dean

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

Lifestyle

Warren Buffett, Famed Cherry Coke Lover, Fails Blind Cherry Coke Taste Test

He drinks five Cherry Cokes a day, but mistook Dr. Pepper Cherry for the real deal
Lifestyle

Ikea Has Its Own Beer Now, Presumably Pairs Well with Meatballs

Nothing says "great beer" like "we also sell furniture"
Culture

Fictitious Dishes

Graphic designer Dinah Fried cooked and photographed meals from Alice in Wonderland, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Moby-Dick, and more
Lifestyle

Fiat to Offer In-Car Espresso Maker for the 500L

The Lavazza espresso maker should offer a nice alternative to the classic handful o' NoDoz
Culture

The Vertue of the COFFEE Drink

Who knew it was "a most excellent Remedy against the Spleen, Hypocondriack Winds, or the like"?
Cooking

Keep Your Beer Cool While Semi-Legally Drinking in Public with the "Bum Bag"

It's not the best name, but it's also not a bad idea
Lifestyle

Danish People Are So Slick They Can Make Coffee In a Bag

Like java Shake 'n Bake! (Weird floating hands also courtesy of the Danes)
Culture

Picky Eating Is Like Manic Depression, and Other Thoughts from the Author of "Suffering Succotash"

Also there's a doctor at the Duke Eating Disorder Center who thinks a foodie is just "a socially sanctioned picky eater"
Cooking

Lobsters

You guessed it: this is an oven mitt
Culture

McDonald's Canada Shows You How to Make Special Sauce, How to Trust Again

Watch McDonald's Executive Chef teach you how to make a Big Mac as part of McDonald's Canada's ongoing transparency campaign
Culture

Second Cheapest Wine

"Outside of the cheapest, it's the cheapest"
Culture

Watch Aussies Embarrass Themselves in Public to Get Free Rice Snacks from a Machine

A vending machine appeared in a mall, and Australian shoppers bent to its will in exchange for rice crackers
Lifestyle

Lunch of Champions

Here's a peek at what goes down in the Olympic dining hall
Culture

"Share It Maybe"

He sings "before you came into me life me miss you so bad" to a chocolate chip moon
Lifestyle

Bloomberg Defends Soda Ban by Affirming Rights to Suicide, but Science Has a Better Approach

Passive-aggressive suggestions that it's within peoples' rights to kill themselves with sugar=PR gold, but a new study might have an even better idea
Culture

Sydney Chef Yukako Ichikawa Closes Restaurant, Citing "Greedy," "Intolerable" Customers

This famously opinionated chef shut down her restaurant after suffering one too many customers who forgot to bring his own doggy bags for leftovers
Culture

How Andy Warhol Ate (It Was Complicated)

Lucky Peach published an article diving into the artist's strange relationship with food