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Sam Dean

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

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We Just Broke a Guinness World Record

As part of the celebrations leading up to our Vegas Uncork'd festival, we corralled 300-plus people and got them to each open a bottle of wine simultaneously
Culture

It's Leap Day, So Here Are Some Reasons You Should Eat Lemurs

Actually, turns out you can't eat lemurs
Lifestyle

The AeroShot

And created by a Harvard professor who has also invented "edible containers" (no, not like tacos)
Culture

Watch Retiring Sushi Legend Kazunori Nozawa in Action

The "sushi Nazi" is retiring today, and the filmmaker David Gelb (of Jiro Dreams of Sushi) made a short film about the famously grumpy chef
Lifestyle

German Website Lets You Pick Your Sausage and the Pig It Comes From

Just klicken on the Schwein you'd want!
Culture

Chefs aren't sure which fish are sustainable to serve; Even A students sometimes break health rules

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Lifestyle

Lazy People Rejoice

At least no one ever leaving their house again will probably help out with global warming?
Culture

My Morning Routine

Our Test Kitchen Assistant Chris Morocco has a bit of an obsession
Culture

Five words ruined by the food industry; Oscars hairstyles that look like pastries

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Lifestyle

NASA Is Looking to Train Space Chefs

Or at least study participants to see what cooking on Mars might be like
Culture

Yelp's going public; Is farming brain-dead chickens more ethical?

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Culture

Tracie McMillan on The American Way of Eating (and Cooking)

The author shares some simple fixes for the country's food problems
Cooking

Oreo and Peanut Butter Layered Baby Lattice Pies

The best part is the pie-encrusted peanut butter-slathered Oreos
Culture

Playing kitchen detective to find lost family recipes; Do dashes of bitters actually do anything?

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Culture

Is Silicone a Secret Gamechanger in the Kitchen?

Regina Schrambling thinks so
Lifestyle

The Pizza Shirt Lets You Wear a Shirt With a Picture Of Pizza On It

And you can buy them, on the internet
Culture

"In Season" Might Just Be PBS's First Locavore Cooking Show

But they need a little help before they can get there
Culture

Yesterday's moonshiner, today's microdistiller; skipping dessert for Mexican food

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