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The Gentlemen’s Trip: A Field Guide
By Lanny Fuller
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Pigs & Pinot: The Most Powerful Father-Son Food Weekend in Sonoma

Charlie Palmer's 19th annual Pig & Pinot event returns, with a couple twists this year.

By Cool Material
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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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The Return of One of the Rarest Beers of All Time, Founders CBS

It was the summer of 2012 and I was on my way to World Cafe Live in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for a Philly Beer Week event with Founders Brewing. The Michigan-based brewery was pouring a collection of their rarest beers, including the rarest, Canadian Breakfast Stout. Doors opened at 6 p.m.…

By Mike Newman
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The Shockingly Violent History of American Moonshine

Moonshine, as we know it, hasn’t been moonshine for very long. It started in England as a word to describe any work done at night by the light of the moon and wouldn’t describe illegal liquor until the late 1800s. The practice of distilling moonshine also didn’t start as a…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Saturday Night Live Wine

Need an adult beverage to help you forget that you live in a van down by the river? You're in luck, my friend, because SNL just launched its own wine collection. In collaboration with wine seller Lot18, the line includes four wines—Stefon Beaujolais, Saturday Night Life California Red Blend, Debbie…

By Mike Newman
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Jim Beam Made a Voice Assistant That Pours Bourbon

Why should Amazon and Google have all the fun when it comes to virtual assistants at your beck and call? Jim Beam has just unveiled "JIM," a virtual assistant for your home that only has one function: pour you bourbon. Yup, JIM is the world's first smart decanter, and it's…

By Mike Newman
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8 Breweries to Watch in 2018

We don't want to toot our own horn, but if you look back at our "8 Breweries to Watch in 2017" there are some picks in there that really took off. Equilibrium now draws lines every time they release a beer. Angry Chair's stouts demand top dollar on the secondary…

By Mike Newman
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