Sam Dean
Sam Dean is a former staff writer for BonAppetit.com. He lives in Brooklyn.
Culture
Brooks Headley on Le Grand Fooding's Exquisite Corpse
Headley, the pastry chef at Del Posto, understands almost as little as we do about how to pull this off, but is optimistic!
Culture
Beer is prescribed in hospitals; Texas ends special last meals for prisoners
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Cooking with Nostradamus!
And yea, it is written in the stars that your candied orange peels will be excellently tasty
Lifestyle
Science Says Food Can Impact Our Genes
And we're not talking waist size! Ha! Because genes and jeans sound the same. For real, though, researchers have found that we incorporate food RNA into our own.
Culture
Jerky Ivy Leaguers; a look at the Oxford Companion to Beer
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The Ketchup Packet Is Dead; Long Live the Ketchup Packet
Heinz introduces a "Dip and Squeeze" heir apparent to the little ketchup packet throne.
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Jarritos tries to step outside its niche; whisky to power Scottish homes
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Obama's Beer
The White House makes its own beer, and the President shared some with Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer last week.
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Belgian fear over future of frites; how food equals power in China
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Wylie Dufresne Will Braise Pork Ribs in Root Beer This Weekend, You Might Want to Eat Them
The chef chats with us about music, food, and his dad's soon-to-open sandwich shop
Lifestyle
The Nation's New Food Issue Is Food Politics Nerd Porn
The issue's mostly online, and it's chock full of essays and news from food celebrities and the vanguard of food progress.
Lifestyle
Recipe Start-up Gojee Gets $1.2 Million to Tweak Its Recs
If Groupon's thinking it can rake in $20 billion in an IPO, this site's pretty pictures are worth a mil+change.
Lifestyle
Pig-N-Ford Races
They race on a Model T while holding a pig. We know this doesn't really have anything to do with anything, but come on. Just watch them swap pigs, for us.
Culture
The world kosher barbecue championship; Beyonce wants bananas in ketchup
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Redesigning the Receipt
A London design firm has cooked up some interesting new takes on that point of sale staple.