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Sam Dean

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

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Watch the Winklevoss Twins Eat Pistachios

It's a part of the long-awaited pistachio campaign, "Get Crackin'."
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Chipotle's Asian spin-off gets off the ground; defying the Starbucks death star in Manhattan

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Lifestyle

Nation May Have Little to Show for Billions Spent on Food Anti-Terror Efforts

The AP has found at least $3.4 billion spent on food anti-terror initiative as the seemingly ineffective programs are up for review at a Senate subcommittee hearing today.
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Partnering with groupon bad for resto reps; maple syrup is good for your liver

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Lifestyle

Anthony Bourdain to Have His Own Line of Books

He'll pick and publish three to five titles a year with Ecco, an imprint of Harper Collins.
Culture

Watch an Impressive Feat of Tea Servery

We count twelve cups and saucers in one hand? Thirteen?!
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Shake Shack, Smashburger Plan Middle East Expansion; America's biggest beers slip in sales

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Lifestyle

Faux Gras Is Supposedly Good, Won't Help Californians Craving The Real Deal

The folks over at Gothamist did a head-to-head taste test of faux and foie gras ....uh...donuts
Lifestyle

The U.S. Military Has Entered the Hot Sauce Market

For when your food just needs that "associated with the U.S. armed forces" kick.
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The confessions of an obsessive butcher; Sam Sifton eyes less gastronomical gigs

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Lifestyle

Americans Concoct Sad Excuses for Not Cooking

"Not knowing how to cook." People. This kills us.
Lifestyle

Elettra Wiedemann's Healthy Fashion Week Pop-Up Restaurant

The Lancome model (who's also Isabella Rossellini's daughter) is opening a healthy pop up restaurant for the hungry fashion week tent-goers in NYC
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Scientists find Weight Watchers works; foie gras ban to begin in CA

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Lifestyle

Mushrooms with Suntans Could Help Us Not Be Sad All Winter

Apparently the fungus among us (or, the fungus that is grown in factory mushroom facilities for human consumption) gets vitamin D the same way we do--sunlight!
Lifestyle

Alexandre Dumas to Bobby Seale

The Awl has a great long read that you should check out.
Lifestyle

Jet Tila and UMass Amherst Make World's Biggest Stir-Fry (for Some Reason)

The record was formerly held by South African high school students. And WE TOOK IT BACK. U.S.A! U.S.A!
Lifestyle

California Senate Bans Shark Fins, Gordon Ramsay's Video Gives a Good Idea of Why

The whole issue centers around shark fin soup, a Chinese delicacy that doesn't even need the shark fins to taste good.
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Navy chef has built-in clientele at sea; a look at "green" McDonald's

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Jennifer Garner and Hugh Jackman Are in a Movie About Competitive Butter Carving

And it just premiered at the Telluride Film Festival