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Pigs & Pinot: The Most Powerful Father-Son Food Weekend in Sonoma
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The No-Shame Adult Guide to Instant Noodles

The best instant noodles for upgrading your pantry without abandoning nostalgia.

By Brett Braley
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The Coolest Food Gifts for 2025

Chomp, chomp.

By Cool Material
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How to Pair Booze With Caviar

Because a gentleman of taste ought to possess at least a passing familiarity with the cold soul of the sea.

By Johnny Motley
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The 12 Best Hotel Bars in America

One of the best perks of staying in a fancy hotel is having a bar on the premises. You can stroll down from your room and grab a Manhattan or sidecar. You don’t even need to leave the building to enjoy a well-made cocktail, glass of wine or local craft…

By Christopher Osburn
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Tasting George Dickel Tabasco Whisky, the Whisky Finished in Tabasco Pepper Barrels

From Tennessee gold to Straight Kentucky Bourbon; sometimes neat in a glass, and sometimes shaken into a bourbon bloody Mary; we’ve mapped out everything from the best cheap whiskies to even the best whiskey sour recipes out there. We take our whiskey any way we can get it. But one…

By Maxwell Barna
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It’s Time to Start Making Cocktails With Scotch Again

Three Scotch Cocktails Invented by Great Bartenders A long time ago, a bunch of stuffy old men started making everyone feel bad for drinking “contaminated” scotch. Their scorn and guilt tripping turned scotch into the solemn, contemplative pursuit we know it as today. That kind of drinking is great if…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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The Creator Burger-Making Robot

Well, it seems it's high time we welcome our robot overlords. We, as humans, had a good run. There was the wheel, the move to slice bread, and Game of Thrones. Not too shabby, eh? Alas, the robots have won. If you need proof, just visit Creator, a restaurant in San…

By Mike Newman
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The Story of Anchor Liberty Ale: The Beer that Started the Craft Revolution

Liberty Ale was first brewed in 1975 to commemorate the start of a revolution—the 200th anniversary of Paul Revere's ride—but, in the process, it ended up launching one. Walk into any taproom, bottle shop or local watering hole these days and you'll find an IPA-heavy assortment of sudsy offerings. And while the India Pale…

By Mike Newman
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