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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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Not Your Father’s Root Beer

We'll just say this: Don't let kids get their hands on your pack of Not Your Father's Root Beer. While beer normally tastes like, well, beer, Not Your Father's Root Beer, an ale from Illinois's Small Town Brewery, tastes just like root beer. Just like root beer. We can't stress that…

By Mike Newman
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This Carlsberg Billboard Dispenses Beer

Billboards have to be creative to steal your attention. Forget an ironic turn of phrase or some smart placement, Carlsberg went right for our hearts (and guts) with free beer. Yup, this poster, which when up in London this week, allowed passersby to stop for a pint. The billboard was…

By Mike Newman
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The Life of a Whiskey Barrel

In the dusty and dark Cooperage at Jameson's Midleton distillery, Ger Buckley tends to the casks that will shape the profile of so many classic Irish whiskies. And for all the distilling and blending that takes place on these grounds, it's in these barrels where that whiskey will spend the…

By Mike Newman
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Beer Enhancing Sachets

Just because you don't homebrew doesn't mean you can't customize your own beer. Hop Theory hand-crafts tea bags filled ingredients meant to enhance and change the flavor and aroma of your beer. Simply drop a sachet into your brew, let it sit for a couple of minutes, and then enjoy…

By Mike Newman
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The U.S. Forest Service’s 1974 Cocktail Guide

We're just going to assume there's some downtime between keeping parks clean and educating America's youth about who can prevent forest fires. How else could you explain this U.S. Forest Service 1974 Cocktail Construction Chart? With the detail-rich appeal of a housing blueprint, the chart maps out how to craft the perfect…

By Mike Newman
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