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Lifestyle

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

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Lifestyle
Laphroaig’s New Whisky Comes With No Tasting Notes And a Chance to Hang with Willem Dafoe
By Andy Vasoyan
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Lifestyle
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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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
Tech
LEGO x Top Gear App-Controlled R/C Rally Car

Batmobiles, Bugattis, and Beetles have all been part of the LEGO car world to our everlasting delight, but they've added their first app-controlled vehicle, and it's a Top Gear-branded rally car. On top of its ruggedly styled body with its huge Hella lights (branded "Stig" in this case), roll cage,…

By Amos Kwon
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Transportation
Ford Mustang Mach-E

Ford just pulled the covers off their most radical vehicle since the Ford GT, and it's called the Mustang Mach-E. That's right. It borrows styling elements from the muscle car, but it's an electric crossover that's going to go up against the Tesla Model Y. With muscular features and numerous…

By Amos Kwon
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Transportation
World’s Fastest Pit Stop

Max Verstappen is the young Formula 1 upstart who's kicking ass and taking names in the 2019 season, and he just took the podium at the Brazilian Grand Prix. But maybe we should pay as much attention to the team's lightning-fast pit crew who just broke a record by swapping…

By Amos Kwon
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Entertainment
SlotMods 1:32 Scale F1 Slot Car Racetrack

We love slot cars, and this huge F1 track is our holy grail. It was commissioned by Formula One World Championship Limited and hand built by famed SlotMods of Detroit. The giant F1 track is peppered with hand-painted buildings, myriad fans in the stands and paddocks, real lap timing and…

By Amos Kwon
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Features
A Complete Guide to Deep-Frying Your First Turkey

Thanksgiving is that special time of year where families come together to smile and eat a lot and grow increasingly more agitated with one another as the evening presses onward. At the end of that dark and mildly prejudiced tunnel, there’s one thing we can all look forward to: The…

By Maxwell Barna
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