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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 Top 10 Cigars of the Year, According to Cigar Aficionado

Cigar Aficionado writers and reviewers enjoyed their fair share of good cigars this past year. To finish 2016 off, they looked back over the 1,000 cigars they smoked in an attempt to discover the 25 best. This is the list they came up with. Visit Cigar Aficionado to see notes on each of the cigars…

By Mike Newman
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Our 10 Favorite New Beers of 2016

In case you weren't paying attention, 2016 required some heavy drinking. Luckily, we were happy to oblige. We consumed our fair share of good beers around the Cool Material office this year. We knocked back IPAs, stouts, dry-hopped pale ales conditioned on fresh fruit purees, and many more. Some of it was…

By Mike Newman
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Stack These 3D-Printed Chocolates to Create Unique Flavors

Made as a collaboration between Universal Favorite and Bakedown Cakery, Complements are modular chocolates that can be eaten alone or stacked with other flavors to create unique combinations. The original modular shape that resembles a small set of steps was 3D-printed and then turned into chocolate molds. Once the molds…

By Cooper Fleishman
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8 Incredibly Easy Crock-Pot Ribs Recipes

Man oh man, do we love ribs. Fall-off-the-bone tender, a little hot, a little sweet—there’s nothing better than a well-done half rack. Except maybe a well-done full rack. They’re delicious, they’re cost-effective, and they’re easy to make—ribs are basically the perfect meal. Their only problem is that they take time…

By Maxwell Barna
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8 Stylish Coffee Mugs Fit for Any Office

As much as we'd all like to be sipping our morning water out of mugs decorated with expletives and middle fingers, most office environments require you have a cool coffee mug that's devoid of anything that would require getting HR involved. But that doesn't mean you have to resort to…

By Cooper Fleishman
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