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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
Home
Backcountry Hut Company System 00 A-Frame

Backcountry Hut Company has followed up its larger but still minimalist System 01 and 02 cabins with a smaller 10x10 footprint System 00. The ground-level single space with loft is prefabricated and flat-packed for easy transport and quick assembly that requires nothing more than tools and about a week with…

By Amos Kwon
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Food
Chick-fil-A Chicken Parmesan Meal Kit

When it comes to fast food chicken, there aren't many places that do it better than Chick-fil-A. The popular chicken spot is getting into the at home cooking space with their new Chick-fil-A Chicken Parmesan Meal Kit. It wouldn't be a meal kit if it didn't have everything you needed.…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Gear
Stay Home: Now Would Be a Good Time to Learn to Play the Guitar

Since we’re all stuck inside, we decided to do some digging to find useful products to help stay productive, occupied, entertained and fit while you Stay Home. For as long as we can remember, we've always wanted to learn to play the guitar. We've noodled on the six-string off and…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Watfly Atlas eVTOL Aircraft

We've covered quite a few different flying cars--aka eVTOL (electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing) vehicles--over the years. All of the options so far have looked more like cars with rotors strapped to the top or helicopters with wheels strapped to the bottom. The Watfly Atlas eVTOL Aircraft does things a…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
Yoder Smokers Competition Charcoal Grill

America loves grilling, and it will surely be one of those pastimes that keeps us sane this season. Yoder Smokers has built one for the ages. Their big Competition Charcoal Grill is built to last and provides acres of grilling space to feed your hungry masses. You can control the…

By Amos Kwon
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