Drinks & Dining
How to Navigate a Wine List Without Faking It
The wine list at a nice restaurant is designed to be overwhelming.
2024-12-14
EP
Ethan Park
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Drinks & Dining
Why Sherry Is the Most Underrated Drink on Earth
Sherry is the wine world's greatest overlooked treasure.
2024-12-04
Drinks & Dining
Why the Tasting Menu Is Worth It (At Least Once)
A tasting menu at a serious restaurant typically costs between $150 and $400 per person before wine.
2024-12-03
Drinks & Dining
Why Japanese Whisky Is Still Worth the Hype
Japanese whisky has a supply problem.
2024-11-29
Drinks & Dining
The Best Coffee in Melbourne, Ranked
Melbourne's coffee culture is not a stereotype.
2024-11-25
Culture
How Tyla Made Amapiano a Global Sound
When Tyla's Water hit number one in 37 countries and won the inaugural Best African Music Performance Grammy in 2024, it was the culmination of a sound that had been building in South Africa for nearly a decade.
2024-11-13
Culture
The 10 Best Nonfiction Books for Understanding the Modern World
If you want to understand why the world feels like it is accelerating toward chaos, start with Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens.
2024-10-29
Culture
Why Denis Villeneuve Is This Generation's Ridley Scott
Denis Villeneuve has built a filmography that draws direct lines to Ridley Scott's greatest work while establishing a visual and thematic language entirely his own.
2024-10-25
Culture
Why the Tabletop RPG Renaissance Matters
Tabletop role-playing games are experiencing their biggest surge in popularity since the original Dungeons & Dragons moral panic of the 1980s.
2024-10-21
Culture
Why Nostalgia-Bait Cinema Is Everywhere (and Why That's Not All Bad)
Hollywood's nostalgia machine is running at full capacity.
2024-10-16
Culture
How Chet Faker's Sound Became the Soundtrack to Every Coffee Shop
Nick Murphy, better known as Chet Faker, created the sonic template for the modern coffee shop.
2024-10-14
Culture
The Best True Crime Podcasts That Aren't Exploitative
True crime is one of podcasting's most popular genres and also its most ethically fraught.
2024-10-09
Culture
How Fred Again.. Made Electronic Music Feel Personal Again
Fred Gibson, performing as Fred Again.
2024-10-04
Culture
How the Ringer Podcast Network Took Over Sports Media
When Bill Simmons launched The Ringer in 2016 after his departure from ESPN, few predicted it would reshape sports media.
2024-10-02
Culture
The 10 Best Films Directed by First-Timers in 2024
First-time directors brought extraordinary work to screens in 2024, proving that fresh perspectives are cinema's most valuable resource.
2024-09-30
Culture
How Succession Changed the Way We Watch Prestige TV
Succession ran for four seasons on HBO from 2018 to 2023 and fundamentally altered the prestige television landscape.
2024-09-30
Culture
Why Dave Chappelle's Legacy Is More Complicated Than You Think
Dave Chappelle was once the most universally beloved comedian in America.
2024-09-21
Culture
The Rise of the One-Person Newsletter Empire
The most interesting writing happening online isn't at legacy media outlets.
2024-09-16
Culture
10 Documentaries That Will Actually Change How You See the World
Documentaries get recommended constantly, but most of them just confirm what you already believe.
2024-09-14
Culture
How A24 Became the Supreme of Movie Studios
A24 went from an unknown distribution company in 2012 to the most culturally relevant studio in Hollywood by doing something deceptively simple: treating its audience like adults.
2024-09-07