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Lifestyle

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

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Laphroaig’s New Whisky Comes With No Tasting Notes And a Chance to Hang with Willem Dafoe
By Andy Vasoyan
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The Ancient Art of Cooking Dinner Beneath Your Feet

Across nearly every continent, cultures have discovered the same thing. The earth makes a pretty incredible oven.

By Lola Méndez
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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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Black Book: 10 Products Our Editors Loved in April 2026

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

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LEGO Creator 1960s Fiat 500

We let out a huge sigh of relief when we realized the new LEGO Fiat 500 was not a miniature brick version of the current Fiat 500 because that would've been a waste of plastic. This new one delivers vintage goodness of the 1960s Fiat 500F, an automotive icon in…

By Amos Kwon
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Cake Kalk Ink

Minimalism and electric power on a motorcycle can be intimidating or just plain fun. The new Swedish Cake Kalk Ink falls into the latter camp with its love of trails. The bike is based on its excellent Kalk Or but it adds a simpler suspension, more robust wheels while still…

By Amos Kwon
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BMW Concept i4 Electric Sedan

We now know a lot more about BMW's efforts at an all-electric sedan. The i4 Concept is bold, futuristic, and efficient, but it won't get the once-purported 400-mile range. Instead, it will deliver an EPA-estimated range of 270 miles from an 80kWh battery pack. While that's no Tesla-fighter in terms…

By Amos Kwon
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Alfa Romeo C39 Formula 1 Race Car

Alfa Romeo Racing just pulled back the covers on their brand-new F1 car that will debut at the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. Dubbed the C39, it was just revealed at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain. Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen changed the livery to utilize the classic Alfa Romeo…

By Amos Kwon
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Bentley’s Latest Bespoke Car Is the $2 Million Bacalar

If you thought Hyundai's Prophecy Concept EV was going to be the wildest car to drop online after Geneva was cancelled, wait until you see Bentley's Bacalar. The Bacalar is the first of many fully bespoke cars that will be rolling out of the recently revived Mulliner Coachbuilt division at…

By Cooper Fleishman
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