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This is Defector, a new sports blog and media company. We made this place together, we own it together, we run it together. Without access, without favor, without discretion, and without interference.

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The Defector Crewneck Sweatshirt Is Back In Stock

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Kelsey McKinney

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A perfectly made pithivier, from Paul Hollywood.

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The Not-So-Great Defector Bake Off Rises Beautifully For Pastry Week

Six perfect mini-cheesecakes, topped with black currant jelly, whipped cream, and decorative white chocolate triangles.

The Not-So-Great Defector Bake Off Is Ill-Tempered For Chocolate Week

Paul Hollywood's Devonshire Splits, as shown on the Bread Week episode. They're very circular, very beautifully even in color, and very neatly decorated with cream and strawberries.

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The Not-So-Great Defector Bake Off Proves Too Small For Bread Week

A well-made Custard Cream cookie from the show, with a clean stamped pattern that says "CUSTARD CREAM."

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The Not-So-Great Defector Bake Off Trembles And Weeps Through Biscuit Week

The beautiful raspberry-topped cakes of the show's contestants.

The Not-So-Great Defector Bake Off Once Again Contends With Cake Week

Columnist. Author of many <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Drew-Magary/e/B001JS8R52/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1">fine works of literature</a>, including Point B. Handsomest man in the world.

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Drew Magary

20th August 1943: Three schoolboys carrying baskets of apples after picking fruit during a stay at the Bishop of Rochesters Harvesting Camp at Cranbrook in Kent. (Photo by Reg Speller/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

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Fuck It, It’s Apple Crisp Season

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Kelly Conaboy

A cupcake baking pan messily filled with French onion soup

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French Onion Soup In Cupcake Tins? French Onion Soup In Cupcake Tins

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Alex Sujong Laughlin

The author holding a chestnut she found on the street

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That’s What I Get For Trying To Honor My Ancestors With Chestnuts I Found On The Street

A jar of cloudy homemade ginger-pear shrub.

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Let’s Make Shrub, While There’s Still Time

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Abigail Segel

An array of eggplants at Marché Jean-Talon in Montreal.

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It’s Summer! Let’s Cook Some Eggplant

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Lauren Theisen

Broadway showgirls (from left) Geraldine Shay, Pat Gale, Bonnie Blair, Genne Courtney and Toni Tucci eat spaghetti with their arms held behind their backs, as part of some sort of competition. 1948.

Broadway Showgirls Eating Spaghetti in a Competition

Which Food Would Win You An Eating Contest?

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Albert Burneko

Some chicken and sausages cooking on a hot grill, with a Chefector illustration

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You Just Need A Thermometer

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Your Crummy Apartment Stove Is Perfectly Fine For Cooking

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Pink Lemonade For Everybody!

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How To Help Your Kids Learn To Like A Food

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Uncleanliness Is Next To Godliness

Rice grains in the paddy field in Ranala near Colombo on March 05, 2023.

Rice Harvest In Sri Lanka

Underexplained Lists

Grains Of Rice, Ranked

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How To Break Free Of Recipe Dependence

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Campbell Soup 4th Quarter Profits Decline Amid Rising Costs

It’s Good To Make Your Own Stock Sometimes

Fran Hoepfner is a writer and teacher.

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Fran Hoepfner

Excitement Grows In Philadelphia As Eagles Head To The Super Bowl

It’s Time To Stop Fucking Around: We Need An Official Super Bowl Dessert

A vegetable grocery display with carrots and scallions and radishes

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You Have No Excuse For Disliking Vegetables

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Send Me Your Food Questions

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Soraya Roberts

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I’ll Have What No One Is Having

Dayna Evans is a baker and writer who got really into surfing recently. She runs Downtime Bakery in Mt. Airy, Philadelphia.

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Dayna Evans

Cat eating a panettone while a little girl sleeping.

The Not-So-Great Defector Bake Off Attempts Panettone, For The Simple Joy Of Baking

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My Damn Oven Died Just In Time For Thanksgiving