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Sam Dean

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

Lifestyle

Sesame Street's New Muppet Takes On Child Hunger

Lily (the new muppet) is introduced in a special called "Growing Hope Against Hunger."
Lifestyle

Ig Nobel Food Research

The annual awards have been announced, and both Biology and Chemistry went to food-related studies!
Culture

How to Make Chocolate Chip Cookie Bowls; BBQ mystery solved by science

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They Draw! and They Cook! (Sorta)

The new book, out October 1, contains 107 illustrated recipes
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We'd Like to Call Your Attention to

The sexy chicken finds its voice, cruelly rejects our Editor in Chief
Culture

Mark Zuckerberg killed a bison; Friendly's heading for unhappy ending

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Domino's Founder Opens Military-Themed Burger Joint with Camo-Wearing Delivery Guys

It's called "Gyrene Burger," and boy does it sound like a bad idea.
Culture

Food Jams

Hannah Hart of My Drunk Kitchen comes at you with a food-themed R&B parody
Lifestyle

New Chef's Feed iPhone App Lets the Pros Do the Yelping

Big-name chefs can help you pick your next meal! It's like you're their friends, except only in a sad digital way.
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The New York Times Gets Sexy with Raw Chicken

A certain featherless bird gets its big break in nude modeling (NSFW if your boss already thinks you're a perv)
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Scientists Discover That Our Nose Knows What's Good For Us Before Our Brains Do

The idea that our noses are organized by what's the most pleasurable is at odds with what we know about most other sensory organs, and is a "tornado" sweeping through the smell-research world.
Culture

Frosting-Flavored Vodka

"A match made in heaven," said no one.
Culture

Critics gnaw on "The Chew"; on eating your spirit animal

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Pig thieves grow bold in Iowa; RIP Arch West, creator of Doritos

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