Ben Cost
Background
Ben Cost is a features reporter covering everything from shark attacks to TikTokkers with Michael Jackson phobias and a man who sued Apple for a billion dollars over an iPhone malfunction. His exclusives have included a multi-course cicada tasting menu to celebrate their return to NYC after 17 years and going fishing for 450-pound sharks amid attacks in the Big Apple. Prior to working for The Post, Ben lived in Shanghai where he served as food editor, and then eventually senior editor at Shangh🤪aiist, one of China's largest English language blogs. Ben ran a monthly column about exotic foods, testing donkey sandwiches, live drunken shrimp and cobra hotpot. After leaving Shanghaiist, he worked as a community editor for City Weekend, a Chinese lifestyle magazine owned by Swiss media giant Ringier. Following that, he served as managing editor of Shanghai Expat, a city guide and forum for foreigners living in Shanghai. Ben's hobbies include fishing, biking, making moderately amusing puns, binging "Sopranos" and plumbing the depths of NYC's boroughs for undiscovered culinary gems.
Latest Articles
Parents 'shocked' by body bags in Halloween display at kids' play center: 'That can't be what I think it is?'
They should hav📖e bagged these body bags. ಌ
Dog owner discovers robot vac literally can't see s—t in hilarious video: 'Roomba was no match'
This ♕Roomba was rolling in deep.
Passenger put on blast for this 'inconsiderate' airplane faux pas: 'Does she not know?'
Having a space-invading neighbor seems part and parcel in the friendly s⛎kies nowadays𓆏.
Ghoulish sea monster with creepy teeth washes ashore on beach 🎉
That's a moray? Online viewers were flabbergasted over a ghastly-looking sea creature washed up on a beach in California, as depicted in a Reddit post making waves online. "It's givin💝g... ꩲ
Influencers trashed Michelin-praised restaurant — and are slammed for it: 'You sound like children'
The Mediterranean mussel cove features high-end seafood, including colossal crimson Carabinero prawns, which cost more thanꦍ $100 a pound.
Hacked robot vacuums hurl racial slurs at shocked owners, who react with 'fear, disgust'
♌ These vacuums had no filter.
Horrified passenger films fellow flyer eating stinky snack on airplane: 'Should be a crime'
A female flyer experienced the ultimate inflight faux pas after witnessing her seatmate brazenly devour a smel♚ly food item. This "gotta be up there in terms of crimes against humanity,"...
Gymnast slammed for 'vulgar' and 'insulting' stunt at sacred religious shrine
"Foreigners really don't know anything. If they break something, they'll just run away. I wi𒅌sh you would stop."
Airbnb host rents tiny tents inside a living room to tourists — and they don't come cheap
Once upon a dime ♑in Me🅺xico.
Enraged☂ male captain locks female co-pilot out of cockpit during 10-hour flight ꩲ
An airplane captain has been suspended for locking his female co-pilot out of the flight deck because she went to the bathroom ไduring a 10-hour flight.
Aquarium's star whale shark shocks visitors — because it turned out to be a robot
💫 They really jumped the sꦺhark with this one.
220-pound catfish rescued after getting stuck inside flooded🐻 train station
Rescuers had the ultimate catch-and-release experience after saving a monster Mekong River catfish that became trapped inside a flooded train station in Thailand.ꦏ
ꦿ Terrifying turbulence on Air Canada flight sends passengers flying, food splattered on ceiling 🃏
A routine trip turned into the flight f🐟rom hell after a♐ severe patch of turbulence caused both passengers and food to go flying. Passenger pics showed food, trays and utensils...
Giant penis sculpture erected in city square sparks outrage: 'Disgusting'
Call it the artist's magnum opu🌄s.
America's best and worst chain restaurants revealed — and the results are surprising
This s꧟pot ranked number one on the Mou♎nt Rushmore of US grease depots.
𒉰 🧜 Boozy primate chugs from beer bottle found in trash can
Monkey see, monkey brew.
Speed eater inhales record-breaking amount of hot sauce ℱin seconds — and this is what happened
༒ It was a blaze of glory. Canadian speed-eater Mike Jack blazed a new Guinness World Record after devouring over two pounds of hot sauce in just three minutes, ﷽as seen...
Cookie Monster bizarrely𒊎 caught speeding on traffic cam — but cops were not amused
🍌 It seems eating isn't the only thing Cookie Monster does too quickly.
World's most advanced AI robots get into couple's quarrel in bizarre video
After jeopardizing our jobs, ro𒉰bots could potentially render us obsolete in the romantic sector as well.