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Lifestyle

Inspiration for elevated living: the best in food, drinks, home, travel, health, entertainment & more.

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Lifestyle
The Ancient Art of Cooking Dinner Beneath Your Feet
By Lola Méndez
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Lifestyle
The Anti-Instagram Cocktail Era Is Here

Why bartenders and drinkers are ditching the garnish circus and getting back to minimalistic cocktails.

By Christopher Osburn
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Lifestyle
Black Book: 10 Products Our Editors Loved in April 2026

The products our editors have been obsessed with in April 2026.

By Cool Material
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Lifestyle
Review: One Year With the Tiami Mattress

Upgrading to Tiami turned sleep into something I look forward to every night. Don’t miss their Memorial Day Weekend Sale.

By Adam Szafranski
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Koenigsegg RAW Concept

Although you might never see an "entry-level" supercar from Swedish automaker Koenigsegg, Lahti Institute of Design student Esa Mustonen has rendered what one might actually look like. But this isn't some rogue project. Mustonen worked on his graduation thesis project in collaboration with Koenigsegg and the RAW Design House under…

By Amos Kwon
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Food
This Rare Gautier Cognac From 1792 Set a Record at Auction

While we're generally reaching for a strong bottle of barrel-aged whiskey whenever we want to make a cocktail, there's a case to be made that you should be making your whiskey cocktails with cognac. Cognac, that special varietal of brandy named for the region in France where it's produced, is…

By Cooper Fleishman
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‘Super 8: An Illustrated History’ Coffee Table Book

Despite the fact it was release more than half a century ago and has a motel chain and middling film named after it, Super 8 is one of the most storied motion picture film formats ever released. Beloved by an entire class of iconic filmmakers like Christopher Nolan, JJ Abrams,…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Gear
The Voyager Camp Chair

When it comes to essential camping gear, it comes down to shelter, fire-starters, drinking vessels, food and the camp chair. After all, if you're going to spend hours sitting around the fire you just created you're not going to want to do it on a stump. That's where the Voyager…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Lamborghini Countach E.V.E. Concept

There isn't a car fan on earth who doesn't know the legendary Lamborghini Countach. Rakish, fast, exotic, and coveted by just about every teenage boy in the '70s and '80s, the Marcello Gandini design is one of the greats. The car has been updated for our time by Khyzyl Saleem…

By Amos Kwon
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