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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 Recipes for Way Better Work Lunches

Whether we’re elbows deep in a two-week project or simply slumped on a Monday morning, lunch is a welcome reprieve from our work. It’s a special hour every day where we get to politely excuse ourselves from our hectic and all-consuming work. All too often we waste this blissful opportunity…

By Maxwell Barna
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External Hard Drives to Keep Your Personal Info Safe

Hard drive storage capacities have exploded and per-gigabyte prices have dropped, which means you can get yourself a huge external hard drive for a price that would make your head swim a few short years ago. Today, external hard drives are a full terabyte on the low end of the…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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7 Alcoholic Punches Your Ancestors Would Want You to Drink

Alcoholic punch has suffered a bit of a dip in popularity, and by bit of a dip we mean its popularity almost completely evaporated since its peak in the 17th and 18th centuries. The invention of the cocktail eclipsed the punchbowl, although invention is a generous word, since cocktails are…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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8 Jars Built to Conceal Your Stash

Every herb smoker needs a good stash jar. Whether you’re rolling tobacco or some of the other stuff, the whole point becomes pointless if what you’re trying to smoke up gets stale, dry, and crusty. Enter: The stash jar. These babies come in all shapes and sizes for all different…

By Maxwell Barna
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8 Insanely Easy One-Pan Meals

One-pan meals are our favorite culinary experiments for a few reasons: They’re (usually) simple to throw together, cleanup is minimal; and because the flavors in the pan generally have more time to get “comfortable” with each other, they usually wind up being delicious. If you’re constantly working or are always…

By Maxwell Barna
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