Jacob Dean is an American food, beverage and travel writer and editor currently based in New York City. He is the Updates Editor at Serious Eats and previously served as a columnist for the Michelin Guide, as Associate Editor at ''

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'' and as a freelance staff writer at

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. His writing focuses on food, travel, beer, wine, and spirits, and cookbooks and cooking equipment. Jacob has also worked as a freelance recipe tester for the ''New York Times''.

Biography

Jacob Dean is the son of author, editor, and ''

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'' recipe tester and columnist Denise Landis. Dean holds graduate degrees in both

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and

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and has a Doctorate in Psychology (Psy.D.) from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology - Washington, D.C. As a food and travel writer, Dean traveled extensively across

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and to Central and South America, the Caribbean,

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, and

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. His work has appeared in digital and print publications such as the ''

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', The New York Times',

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','' ''The Takeout', Taste', VinePair','' the ''Michelin Guide','' ''Fodor's Travel'', ''Wine Enthusiast'', ''Robert Parker Wine Advocate'', ''Modern Farmer'', ''Plate Magazine'', ''Serious Eats'', ''Adweek'', ''Alaska Beyond Magazine'', and ''Roads and Kingdoms''. He also worked as a freelance recipe tester for the ''New York Times''.

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by Jacob Dean; ''The Forq Kitchen''. {{DEFAULTSORT:Dean, Jacob Writers from Chicago American food writers American male non-fiction writers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American travel writers