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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
Food
Whistlepig Rye Whiskey The Boss Hog: The Samurai Scientist

The Whistlepig lineup of whiskey is something to yee-haw about, and now their ultimate iteration bows with influence from Japanese koji fermentation, hence the name. The Samurai Scientist is the very first American Whiskey finished using Japanese Umeshu wood barrels from the Kitaya brewery on Japan's Kyushu island. The result…

By Amos Kwon
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Food
Alaska Railroad “Hops on the Rail” Brewery Tour

The beauty of the Alaskan wilderness warrants experiencing at least once in your life, and what better way to do so than by rail car and with an ample supply of beer? Well, Alaska Railroad is doing just that with its 2019-2020 winter "Hops on the Rail" tour where passengers…

By Amos Kwon
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Transportation
1974 Gateway Bronco Modern Day Warrior

Gateway Bronco has built one of the finest Ford Bronco restomods we've come across, and at its heart supports a worthy cause for Alzheimer's education. Thanks to meticulous adherence to the Bronco ethos combined with modern rugged components, the Modern Day Warrior is ready to take on anything, including showing…

By Amos Kwon
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Entertainment
‘Binging with Babish: 100 Recipes Recreated from Your Favorite Movies and TV Shows’

Whether you're talking about the Soup Nazi's Wild Mushroom Soup from Seinfeld, the Cubano Sandwiches from Chef or cocktails from famous movies, it's a fair bet that Andrew Rea--aka Oliver Babish, Oliver Platt's The West Wing character, but more importantly, the pseudonym Rea adopted for his series Binging with Babish--has…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
Booze-Filled Advent Calendars

Halloween and Thanksgiving haven't even come and gone yet. Despite the fact we know we're not supposed to talk about Christmas decorations until after those other two have passed, we're going to make an exception for our favorite decoration--Drinks By The Dram Booze-Filled Advent Calendars. You know the drill because…

By Cooper Fleishman
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