Drinks & Dining
How to Pick a Bottle of Wine as a Gift Without Overthinking It
Buying wine as a gift triggers anxiety that is completely disproportionate to the task.
Jordan Blake · 2025-01-07
Drinks & Dining
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Drinks & Dining
How to Read a Menu in French (or at Least Fake It)
A French menu is designed to make you feel either deeply cultured or profoundly lost, and there is very little middle ground.
Jordan Blake · 2025-01-06
Drinks & Dining
The 10 Best Late-Night Eats in New York City
New York earned the city that never sleeps title not because of its nightlife but because you can eat a world-class meal at 2 AM on a Tuesday.
Nina Vasquez · 2025-01-06
Drinks & Dining
The Best Rum for People Who Think They Don't Like Rum
If your rum experience begins and ends with Captain Morgan and Coke from college, you have not tried rum.
Ethan Park · 2025-01-05
Drinks & Dining
Why Levain-Style Cookies Took Over Every Bakery
Levain Bakery on West 74th Street in Manhattan started the thick, gooey, underbaked cookie movement that has since consumed every bakery, Instagram account, and food blog in existence.
Alex Sterling · 2025-01-05
Drinks & Dining
Why the Negroni Sbagliato Refuses to Die
The Negroni Sbagliato, meaning mistaken Negroni, was supposedly invented by accident at Bar Basso in Milan in the 1970s when bartender Mirko Stocchetto reached for prosecco instead of gin.
Ryan Okafor · 2025-01-04
Drinks & Dining
How to Make Dumplings from Scratch (It's Therapeutic)
Making dumplings from scratch is the most meditative thing you can do in a kitchen.
Nina Vasquez · 2025-01-04
Drinks & Dining
How to Cook Fish Without It Tasting Fishy
Most people who say they do not like fish have only ever eaten fish that was poorly stored, poorly cooked, or both.
Nina Vasquez · 2025-01-03
Drinks & Dining
The 10 Best Affordable Wine Regions to Visit
Wine tourism does not have to mean dropping three hundred dollars on a single tasting in Napa Valley.
Max Calloway · 2025-01-03
Drinks & Dining
The Best Rooftop Bars in Every Major City
Rooftop bars sell a view and charge you for the privilege, but the best ones deliver an experience that justifies the markup.
Leo Marchetti · 2025-01-02
Drinks & Dining
Why Oaxacan Cuisine Is Having a Global Moment
Oaxaca has always been one of Mexico's great culinary capitals, but the rest of the world is finally paying attention.
Leo Marchetti · 2025-01-02
Drinks & Dining
Why You Need to Try Georgian Wine
Georgia, the country between the Black Sea and the Caucasus Mountains, has been making wine for approximately eight thousand years.
Alex Sterling · 2025-01-01
Drinks & Dining
How to Batch Cocktails for a Party Like a Pro
Making cocktails to order for a party is a fast track to spending the entire night behind a cutting board with a jigger in your hand.
Sophie Chen · 2025-01-01
Drinks & Dining
How to Make Fried Rice Better Than Your Local Spot
The secret to great fried rice is not a secret at all.
Ethan Park · 2024-12-31
Drinks & Dining
The 8 Best Coffee Shops in Brooklyn
Brooklyn's coffee scene is dense, competitive, and occasionally pretentious, but the best shops rise above the noise by doing the fundamentals exceptionally well.
Max Calloway · 2024-12-31
Drinks & Dining
The Best Irish Whiskey That Isn't Jameson
Jameson is the entry point, and there is nothing wrong with it.
Ethan Park · 2024-12-30
Drinks & Dining
Why the Food Court Is Undergoing a Renaissance
The food court of the 1990s was a fluorescent-lit graveyard of Panda Express, Sbarro, and Auntie Anne's.
Sophie Chen · 2024-12-30
Drinks & Dining
Why Canned Fish Is Having Its Biggest Moment
Canned fish used to be the stuff your grandfather kept in the pantry for emergencies.
Leo Marchetti · 2024-12-29
Drinks & Dining
How to Smoke Meat at Home Without a $2,000 Smoker
The barbecue industrial complex wants you to believe you need a $2,000 offset smoker and a weekend course to produce decent smoked meat.
Ethan Park · 2024-12-29
Drinks & Dining
How to Pick the Right Wine at the Grocery Store
Standing in the wine aisle at Trader Joe's or Whole Foods, staring at three hundred labels and understanding none of them, is a universal experience.
Ryan Okafor · 2024-12-28