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Black Book: 13 Products Our Editors Loved in June 2026
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How Bartenders Around the US Are Using Fermentation in Cocktails

The new cocktail trend is inspired by a centuries old tradition.

By Christopher Osburn
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The Coolest Places to Watch the World Cup Around the Globe

A pool house in Austin inspired me to spend way too much time looking into this.

By Lanny Fuller
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On Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth, 20 Years Later

And how horror went from critically hated to the latest Cannes "it" genre.

By Andy Crump
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8 Ridiculously Good Recipes That Only Take 15 Minutes

The last thing you want to do after a long day at the office is cook a meal. We get it. But cooking doesn't have to mean carving out hours every evening and doing your best Thomas Keller impression. A simple recipe is your friend, but too often that means…

By Maxwell Barna
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The Most Famous Onion Articles of All Time

In its 30-year history, The Onion has supplanted itself as the gold standard for modern satire. The website receives over 10 million unique visitors every month, its content gets shared like wildfire, and it has since branched out to several different domains and sub-publications. We’ve seen some real doozies from The…

By Maxwell Barna
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How to Take Better Notes

Note taking isn’t something that ever goes away. You might not be in school anymore, and you probably aren’t a journalist about to break the Watergate scandal wide open, but you still need to be able to copy down accurate information quickly. The skill comes in handy anytime you’re talking…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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The 7 Best Horror Podcasts to Gear You Up for Halloween

For some, the supernatural is a guilty pleasure they’d get ridiculed for if brought up in polite company. For others, they still get made fun of, but they don’t care because they eat these stories up. We’re somewhere in the middle, with a strong appreciation for a good ghost story,…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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The 15 Best Podcast Episodes of All Time

Did you know that every day one of your family members starts their own podcast? Yeah, it's a lot. There are enough podcasts to make the first-time listener feel fairly overwhelmed about dipping their toes into the podcast pool. Where do you start? Which shows are worth your time? How do you…

By Mike Newman
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