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Sam Dean

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

Culture

Watch Ex-Basketball Player and Urban Farmer Will Allen on the Colbert Report

Will Allen's gotten every award imaginable for his urban farming work in Midwestern cities
Culture

Sausage Party! Conan Launches a 10-Foot Bratwurst Off Chicago's State Street Drawbridge

With a single motorized sausage leap, America's dignity is restored
Cooking

Staff Meal Is a Big Deal at Noma (and Here's Video Proof)

In this video, Rene Redzepi calls staff meal "the main meal of his life"
Culture

Your Daily Zone Out

If you stare at it long enough, they start to look like ping pong balls
Lifestyle

American Flag Stolen from Connecticut Man in Chicken Costume

That's no way to respect the Grand Opening of a Boston Market, America!
Lifestyle

Burger King Is Rolling Out Sweet Potato Fries (and Bacon Sundaes) for Summer

Because the summer sun is also orange? Whatever, sweet potato fries should be on sale everywhere all the time
Cooking

The Baker's Dozen Egg Carton

Perfect for a baker's dozen of bacon, egg and cheeses on a baker's dozen of bagels
Lifestyle

BBC Says Master Chef Escoffier Stole Over $3 Million in Kickbacks

Who knew that cooking food also made you good at cooking the books?
Lifestyle

China's State TV Station Has Discovered How Much People Love Watching Shows About Food

It helps that "A Bite of China" is a beautifully done documentary series
Culture

Watch the Birth of an Ice Ball

One dude, one knife, and a big chunk of fancy ice
Culture

Watch the Inventor of PR Explain How Bacon and Eggs Became an All-American Breakfast

Edward L. Bernays changed the way we eat back in the first half of the 20th century
Cooking

Glass Potato Chips, or a Window to the Potato's Soul

Learn how to make transparent chips that even Ralph Waldo Emerson could be proud of
Culture

Your Daily Zone Out

Food gets squished in this brief and beautiful experimental film from the Netherlands
Culture

Coffee Wars! Oliver Strand Takes a Stand On Ice Brew vs. Cold Brew

Someone really needs to come up with some better names for these things
Culture

Behind the Borscht Belt: 'Welcome to Kutsher's'

It's about a lot more than just borscht, don't worry
Culture

Watch a Funny Marmite Commercial Starring One of the Queen's Corgis (or at Least an Impersonator)

One of the yeasty spread's taglines is: "you either love it, or you hate it." This corgi certainly has some strong opinions
Cooking

What's Up with Snack Data, the Definitive Resource for Snack Enthusiasts Throughout the World?

We spoke with Beau Johnson, the creator of Snack Data, to shed some light on his new snack data art project
Culture

Listen to Philadelphia Chef Marc Vetri Rock Out with Some Acoustic Soul

This is one of the first tracks to be released in advance of Snacky Tunes Live Volume 2, the second album to come out of the food-centric radio show
Lifestyle

America Ate 100 Million Taco Bell Tacos with Shells Made of Doritos in 10 Weeks

That is a lot of tacos with shells made of Doritos
Lifestyle

The Mystery of Mystery Dum Dums, Solved

You will never again have to wonder what that flavor is for those five seconds before you chomp the thing in half