Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, aside, it seems everyone on the planet is walking a financial tightrope right now. The cost of living has skyrocketed since the pandemic, and wages haven’t kept pace. Recent data from Bank of America Institute found that nearly a quarter of U.S. households are living paycheck to paycheck. This obviously […]
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Having a drink in hand makes any restaurant meal better. It’s convivial. It complements the food. It makes eating feel like an occasion. Unless, of course, you no longer drink and your only nonalcoholic option is a soda afterthought. Today, this shouldn’t be a common experience. Once a hushed topic, the movement to drink less […]
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Want to give you the liquor I found in cabinet, the text from my mother-in-law read. This is how I came to be in possession of four unopened, pristine-condition 1980s-era bottles: two blended Scotch whiskeys and two VSOP Cognacs. All four were good, mid-range bottlings when they were issued, not particularly rare or special. But […]
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Just in time for Dry January, on New Year’s Day, the company responsible for White Claw Hard Seltzer debuted its latest product that promises to be “a radically new beverage” that “completely reimagines the idea of drinking.” The drink? A hard seltzer without alcohol. Or—as many have quipped—seltzer. While there’s been plenty of online mockery […]
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