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Sam Dean

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

Culture

Restaurant mental-health-code violations; a wasteful watermelon

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Culture

Watch Underground Chicken Farmers at Work in Nashville

Backyard chickens are still illegal in a lot of places around the country, and the Perennial Plate made a video with some charming (if lawbreaking) TN residents
Culture

The subversive charm of day drinking; a very tiny sandwich

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Cooking

DIY Tinctures, an Adventure in Flammable Cocktails

San Francisco bartender Kevin Diedrich schools us on this trendy and mysteriously medicinal-sounding drink ingredient
Cooking

Cheesecake-Stuffed Strawberries

No longer will the strawberry be trapped under the heel of its cheesy foe!
Lifestyle

Patagonia Kicks Off "Patagonia Provisions" with Wild Salmon Jerky

Starting with wild salmon jerky, the outdoor gear company is hoping to push an environmentalist message with its new food line
Culture

Soft-Serve Frozen Beer Foam from (Where Else?) Japan

Kirin has figured out how to turn beer into soft-serve, making warm lager a thing of the past
techniques

How to Make Your Own Yogurt

It's easier than you think, especially with Epicurious's step-by-step guide to the process
Cooking

What Old People Write on Restaurants' Facebook Pages

A new Tumblr compiles the greatest hits of the things that the slightly tech-unsavvy post on restaurant chains' Facebook pages
Lifestyle

Is Professional Food Writing Dead?

Amanda Hesser wrote an interesting (and, sadly, pretty much accurate) article on the dwindling options available for those who want to write about food for a living
Culture

How the Air Force drops energy bars; the MEATeor is coming!

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Lifestyle

Gourmet Golf

For the first time in decades, a real live Southerner is going to set the menu at golf's biggest culinary event: the Champions Dinner in Augusta, GA
Culture

Watch SNL's Fake Ad for "Almost Pizza"

The pizza-like product that is, in some ways, similar to pizza, but cannot legally be referred to as such
Lifestyle

The Sweet Sound of Flavor

Sweet and savory might have a place on the musical scale
Culture

So Fennel, Cardamom, and Peas Are Forbidden at Passover? OY!

Even most of the bar and bat mitzvah'd on the staff claimed ignorance, so we decided to take a closer look at what's up with Kosher for Passover
Cooking

Cadbury Creme Deviled Eggs (Plus How to Make the Eggs from Scratch)

A sugary one-two punch for Cadbury fanatics