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Sam Dean

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

Culture

Michelle Obama Unveils Book Cover, Hosts Food Desert Summit in Chicago

And we move one step closer to turning food deserts into vegetable gardens, as a nation.
Lifestyle

Should Horse Meat Be Illegal?

It's been banned in the U.S. for five years now, with mixed results (and mixed implications).
Lifestyle

Coors Light Silver Bullet Train Actually Chugging Into NYC

And oh, how the Coors Light decor will shine.
Lifestyle

Lasers Can Make Sure Your Food Is Fresh, May Have Inspired Swedish Scientist Romance

We're basing that second part on very little evidence, but one can dream.
Culture

Q&A with a death row chef; the mainstreaming of fair trade

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Culture

Fried Chicken, Beer Unfairly Scapegoated for Red Sox Failure

Claims that the team's starting pitchers were quaffing and crunching in the clubhouse have caused a public outcry, but it's a witch hunt! Fried chicken is great!
Cooking

Pressure Cookers

Epicurious has a good post and comment thread going on the topic.
Culture

Meet Tofu Boy, China's Spongebob; California olive oils rival Europe's

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Lifestyle

British Government Hopes Vampires Can Convince People Synthetic Meat and Blood Aren't Creepy

Finally, a solid argument for using synthetic blood and meat in our daily lives: "Vampires on TV do it"
Lifestyle

Farmers Turn to Inmates When Immigrants Are Turned Away

Because even with our astronomical unemployment, most Americans have no interest in doing the job.
Culture

McDonald's to launch McTV; man lives off roadkill for 30 years

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Lifestyle

Test Your Knowledge of Fromage with Cheese or Font

A simple game probably proves that you know nothing about cheese and that most cheeses have goofy names.
Culture

Watch Herman Cain Sing a Pizza Version of 'Imagine'

Even in song, the GOP candidate and ex-CEO of Godfather's Pizza cannot "Imagine there's no pizza."
Lifestyle

Dinner Theater Is Not Dead! The Kin Mixes Music, Food in Non-Lame Way

It's just been taken over by Australians.