Sam Dean

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Check out his interview with Food Republic, and check out his new show on the Cooking Channel on Sunday (cheap bites are valuable weapons in any anti-hangover arsenal).

One Epicurious writer liked the idea of bringing his own wine, but had trouble actually dealing with all of it on his own.

Local restaurants in Portland, ME are offering prices tied to nutritional value for the first work lunch day of the new year.

Also, who knew that 911 was the emergency number in Canada? Next you'll tell us they use "dollars" for their freaky metric transactions!

Or if you prefer fungus for your haute fast food experience, you can shell out for some truffles (assuming you're in Japan)

Building gingerbread houses takes a lot more coordination than you'd expect.

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The late "Dear Leader" of North Korea was an infamously decadent foodie (and a picky eater in the way that only totalitarian dictators can really pull off).

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A new study found that Western ingredients tend to overlap in their flavor profiles, while those in East Asian recipes don't really taste alike at all.

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Google has taken a year of search data and ranked almost everything imaginable--including food!

Both sides of the drunken coin brought to you by Epicurious.

In one corner, the New York Times, on the side of homemade. On the other, Ayelet Waldman, calling "latter-day Phyllis Schlafley bulls**t" on the Gray Lady.

The Celtics power forward appealed directly to the cooks of the world to understand why he's unhappy with what's up in the NBA.

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Unsurprisingly, including vegetable oil laced with a chemical proven to be dangerous in your DayGlo soda might not be the best plan.

We spoke with the chef about techniques in his new book, "The Sweet Life: Diabetes without Boundaries."