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Sam Dean

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

Lifestyle

Let Drinkify Suggest the Perfect* Cocktail for Your Music

*Cocktail may not actually be perfect. But it's still a pretty great site to play around with!
Culture

Most honey in stores isn't actually honey; Burger King wants kid customers

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Lifestyle

The Simpsons Will Have a "Foodie" Episode, Silly Raps and All

And Grub Street has an interview with the show's executive producer--check it out!
Culture

Watch the Best Way to Wash Dishes Ever Invented

It involves Michael Jackson and dancing. Why didn't we think of that before?
Culture

On the red solo cup; Jefferson's slave chef

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Lifestyle

The Canon of Food Puns

The brilliant minds at the Hairpin have done all the work for us. Now just to bask/groan in its glory.
Culture

How fear drove the world rice markets insane; the Velveeta of wine

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Culture

Watch Made by Hand's Profile of Cut Brooklyn

Joel Bukiewicz, the man behind Cut Brooklyn, talks about knives, writing, and more knives. And a bonus video: "The Distiller."
Culture

Costco customer finds live tree frog in salad; 15% of U.S. uses food stamps

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Lifestyle

Caffeinated Beef Jerky and "Zapplesauce" in Experimental MREs

The Washington Post took a look at the Army's Natick, MA combat food lab, and found some interesting projects in the works.
Culture

Watch a Candy Scientist Explain Why Hard Candy is Like Glass

OK, technically he's a professor of Food Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. And he makes a mean lemon drop.
Lifestyle

Talking Oysters with Erin Byers Murray, Author of Shucked

Imagine quitting your desk job to work on an oyster farm, then writing a book about it.
Lifestyle

Top 10 Best Chefs to Follow on Twitter

...who aren't the huge television celebrity chefs you hear about every day
Culture

The First Lady's Candy Plan; Magnetic Tongue Can "Taste" What's Inside Cans

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Culture

Chipotle's fast food revolutionary; Do candy bars ever go bad?

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Culture

Tru Blood Beverage Is Perfect For Halloween If You Hate Yourself and Others

Or if you believe that you're a friendly vampire
Lifestyle

Taking Aquaponic Aquaculture to the Inner City

Read about a project in Youngstown, OH to grow tilapia in a vacant garage.
Culture

How to earn the girl scouts' locavore badge; the appeal of micro-desserts

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