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Sam Dean

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

Lifestyle

Listen to the Late Richard Dawson's 1967 Psychedelic Song, "Apples and Oranges"

Survey says: The late TV host had some spaced-out things to say about apples and oranges back in the day
Culture

The Best Way to Celebrate National Doughnut Day

With some fresh baked goods and Robert McCloskey's classic Homer Price story, of course
Lifestyle

Tall Tea Bans, Prank Poaching, and FDA Smackdowns

This week, food keeps finding itself on the wrong side of the law
Cooking

Kanadian Kookery (Like a Fruit Leather Jacket) from Food Jammers

Watch three scruffy dudes who live in Toronto make a fruit leather jacket and much, much more
Lifestyle

In.gredients

It's set to open this summer
Culture

A Pot That Stirs Itself?!

A Japanese dentist has solved the age-old problem of not wanting to stir a pot yourself
Culture

Stately Portraits of the 50 States' Signature Sandwiches

There are few things more beautiful than a sandwich waiting to be made
Culture

Watch "The Power of Bacon" and "Rub Some Bacon On It"

Only one involves robots, but both are music videos about bacon
Culture

There Is a Pink Food Truck That Serves Everything On a Glazed Doughnut

These are the things that can happen in California
Culture

Witness the Sprayracha, Dealer of Spicy Justice

A man screwed a spray top onto a Sriracha bottle, and it worked
Lifestyle

With the Launch of Google+Local, All of Google Now Uses the Zagat Rating System

So that Yelp-killer we all assumed Google would try to create when it bought Zagat may or may not have arrived
Lifestyle

Anthony Bourdain Is Moving to CNN

Not only are chefs the new rock stars, apparently they're the new journalists, too
Culture

Poppin' Bottles Every Which Way

The need for an open beer inspires resourcefulness
Culture

Watch Gordon Ramsay Get Tackled on a Soccer Field, Hard

The chef took a pretty hard fall at a celebrity benefit soccer game this past weekend (so this is a soccer-type tackle, not a solid American sack, unfortunately)
Cooking

Make Those Agua Frescas Boozy Ones

Here are some spirits pairings for our June-issue coolers
Lifestyle

Massachusetts To Ban the Trashing of Commercial Food Waste

Instead, scraps will go to composting sites or into energy, heat, and fertilizer
Culture

Engelbert Humperdink Needs to Eat Hearty Meals to Win Eurovision 2012

For those under 40 out there, he is a real person, and he's got some pipes
Cooking

Cupcakewurst, the Best of All Possible BBQ Desserts

Be warned, though: the prep involves a lot of sausage casing
Culture

The Fake Menu of a Pitch-Perfect Obnoxious Restaurant Parody

Would you like to accompany that Pocaloquitos-style meat saucers plate with a glass of Yankee Poison, or perhaps a Danish Skuzz?