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Inside the Maldives Resort You’ll Daydream About for the Rest of Your Life
By Hayley Domin
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A Curated List of Memorial Day Sales

The internet is on sale. Here’s where to start.

By Cool Material
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I Lived in Puerto Vallarta for 3 Years, Here Are My Top Recommendations

Take it from a local. What to do, what to eat and drink, where to stay, and more.

By Lola Méndez
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The Ancient Art of Cooking Dinner Beneath Your Feet

Across nearly every continent, cultures have discovered the same thing. The earth makes a pretty incredible oven.

By Lola Méndez
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This Coffee Maker Runs on Power Tool Batteries

A hard day's work starts with a strong cup of coffee. If you want a coffee maker that's at home with the tools required for that hard day, look no further than the new Makita CM501DZ. The rugged coffee maker runs on the lithium ion packs that your power tools…

By Mike Newman
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We Put Whiskey in a Keurig to Make Irish Coffee On Demand

A couple of months ago, we had the idea to fill our Keurig with Guinness Extra so it could spit out coffee stout. It was, perhaps, our worst idea of all time. (You can read about it here.) Recently, we thought to ourselves: How can we top that? The answer: Fill…

By Mike Newman
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This St. Patrick’s Day, Drink Poitín, the Irish Moonshine

Before you can be famous for great whiskey, you have to invent whatever comes before it. For the Irish, that was poitín (puu-tcheen). It means “little pot” in Gaelic, named for what early Irish distillers used to make the spirit. It’s been the subject of poetry, music, stories, fairy tales,…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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The Top 50 Craft Breweries by Sales Volume

As big breweries gobble up one-time craft breweries, the "craft" landscape continues to change. Who are the biggest craft—or "independent"—players? Well, every year the Brewers Association parses through the data to find the breweries with the most impressive sales numbers who also meet the criteria for the list, meaning they…

By Mike Newman
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10 Craft Whiskeys You Have to Try

Buying whiskey from craft distillers is not only a responsible way to spend your drinking money, but it will also net you some seriously good booze from people who aren’t afraid to experiment with the form. Pretty much every whiskey on this list does something unconventional, whether it’s aging in…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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