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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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The Not-So-Great Defector Bake Off Collapses Under The Weight Of Patisserie Week

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The Not-So-Great Defector Bake Off Trips Into The Deep Fryer Of Pastry Week

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The Not-So-Great Defector Bake Off Loses Its Cool In Custard Week

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Albert Burneko

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Let’s Make The Chili That, Uh, I Made This Week

The Not-So-Great Defector Bake Off Melts Under The Pressure Of Halloween Week

The Not-So-Great Defector Bake Off Plays Fast And Loose With Dessert Week

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The Not-So-Great Defector Bake Off Ignores Mexican Week

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The Not-So-Great Defector Bake Off Conquers Bread Week

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A Delicious Thing To Do With Some Mushrooms

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The Not-So-Great Defector Bake Off Succumbs To Biscuit Week

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The Not-So-Great Defector Bake Off Grapples With Cake Week

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Green Action!

A bowl with some messy blueberry cobbler in it

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You Can Throw Together A Cobbler, No Sweat

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It’s Tomato Time; Let’s Make A Caprese Salad

Summer Cries Out For The Rise Of Coffee Granita

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Do You Dare Flip Your Eggs The Insane Way?

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Let’s Roast Some Beets

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Let’s Make Some Cold Soup

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Let’s Make Cacio e Pepe

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Let’s Sauté Some Rapini, Because I Forgot It’s Memorial Day Weekend

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Diana Moskovitz

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Always Eat The Health Salad

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Let’s Cook Some Blue Crabs

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Let’s Poach Some Eggs, The Extremely Easy Thing To Do

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Ray Ratto

TELFORD, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 20: A Japanese Bantam is seen at the National Poultry Show on November 20, 2016 in Telford, England. The annual event continues to grow with around 7000 entries this year from all around the world. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Chickens On Display At The 2016 Poultry Show

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And So, After All These Years, We Meet Again, My Greatest Enemy: Chicken

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

A picture taken on February 13, 2022 shows a cup of espresso coffee at the historic Gran Caffe Gambrinus in Naples, Italy. - A shot of dark, velvety coffee is more than just a quick caffeine hit: Italy's espresso is a prized social and cultural ritual the country considers a national heritage worthy of Unesco status. Gran Caffe Gambrinus is a historic cafe, pasticceria, and gelateria that opened in Naples in 1860. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP) (Photo by ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty Images)

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Coffee: A Delayed Love Story