Jacob Dean

Jacob Dean is an American food and travel writer currently based in Chicago, United States. He is an Associate Editor at The Cook's Cook and also a staff writer at DCist. His writing focuses on stories of people in the food community, both in the United States and internationally. Jacob has also worked as a freelance recipe tester for the New York Times.

Jacob Dean is the son of author, editor, and New York Times recipe tester and columnist Denise Landis. Dean holds graduate degrees in both forensic and clinical psychology. He also studied film-making and criticism. He has been employed as a psychotherapist at a private hospital in Washington D.C.

Dean traveled for work across North America and to Europe, North Africa, Asia and the Western United States. He has a particular interest in investigating food ways and stories related to cultural and social justice. His writings appear in the Washington Post, Vice, The New York Times, The A.V. Club, and Roads and Kingdoms. He also worked as a freelance recipe tester for the New York Times and has tested over fourteen hundred unique beers.