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Elizabeth Gilbert says she鈥檚 never going back to Luang Prabang. Her memory of the place鈥攁nd of one meal in particular鈥攊s too wonderful to risk a second glance.
Bartender Nick Detrich, of Cure in New Orleans, mixes up a variation on a Harvard cocktail
Bartender Nick Detrich, of Cure in New Orleans, mixes up a new island drink
Bartender Nick Detrich, of Cure in New Orleans, mixes up a refreshing new drink
In the famous Crook鈥檚 Corner restaurant, Chapel Hill chef Bill Smith has mashed Eastern North Carolina maritime dishes remembered from his childhood, French cooking techniques he learned in adulthood, and just about everything else he gathered in between鈥攚hich is a lot
The Chapel Hill chef shares the recipe for a dessert inspired by childhood outings on the Eastern North Carolina Coast
The Chapel Hill chef shares the recipe for his Louisiana-inspired dessert
A rare look inside the nutrition lab at the Olympic Training Center reveals how America's best athletes eat to win
Considering that he鈥檚 already devised miracle shortcuts for jobs (The 4-Hour Workweek) and fitness (The 4-Hour Body), you might think Tim Ferriss, king of life hacking, would find few challenges in cooking. Wrong. It 鈥渒icked my ass so many times,鈥 he writes in the first chapter of his latest book, The 4-Hour Chef, out this month from
When it comes to holiday giving, you should never have to choose. This year, our editors have pulled together 68 perfect ideas鈥攑riced from $4 to $50,000鈥攇uaranteed to make anyone on your list feel like a million bucks.
A new field guide and cookbook from the staff of one of New York's top restaurants offers a simple, gourmet take on wild foods
In this excerpt from his newest book, The 4-Hour Chef, Timothy Ferriss shares 国产吃瓜黑料 contributing editor Steven Rinella's instructions for cooking up a squirrel (or three) over the fire
In this excerpt from his newest book, The 4-Hour Chef, Timothy Ferriss shares the fire cooking technique of Francis Mallmann, the Argentine figurehead of grilling
Just because you're headed overseas this November doesn't mean you have to miss Turkey Day. We round up the best Thanksgiving feasts for backpackers, expats, and other travelers.
In this excerpt from his newest book, The 4-Hour Chef, Timothy Ferriss shares Marco Canora's sure-fire technique for carving chickens into thighs, legs, wings, and breasts
Eating healthy doesn鈥檛 have to be boring or bland
David Page gets a crash course in foraging and learns to appreciate nature's bounty (and the flavor of a good fire-roasted grasshopper) along the way
Summer is the season to embrace the sunlight, celebrate, and make a few hundred new friends
Just months after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, British Petroleum declared the recovery a success, and the Gulf of Mexico鈥檚 fisheries were opened for business. To celebrate, seafood freak ROWAN JACOBSEN packed his bib and went south to cook up a locally sourced gumbo. But when he got there, something didn鈥檛 taste right.
First energy drinks came in skinny cans. Then it was dissolvable packets. Now they're available in inhalable powder form.
Few events excite Manhattan鈥檚 top chefs more than the arrival of a care package from Evan Strusinski, a foraging 颅savant who stalks the 颅remote woods and coastlines of the Northeast for nature鈥檚 most exotic 颅ingredients. Forgive him his trespasses.
Breakfast is necessary if you want to tear up the countryside, hit the pool, or simply get through a gym workout. Pick the right one.
Forget complicated meal plans. Build good eating habits around basic food knowledge, and keep these three guidelines in mind.
Superstar chef Jamie Oliver became a hero in England by convincing his countrymen to eat better. Now he's on the case in the U.S. with Food Revolution, an ABC series in which he exposes the evils of processed fare, sends Americans back into the kitchen, and learns firsthand just how much we hate to change our recipes.
Beer is the Dom Perignon of the Amazon. The surest way to get everyone鈥檚 attention is to show up with an obscene amount. We had everyone鈥檚 attention.
What's the best post workout drink? The Editors Santa Fe, NM
In November, Budweiser tapped Jackson Kayaks founder Eric Jackson, a perennial favorite at TMG’s freestyle kayaking contest, as the face of its American Ale, ordering 8,300 kayaks to display in liquor stores across the country. (Only 11,000 were sold in the U.S. in all of 2009.) Bud’s $20,000 sponsorship will…
Vitamin D may turn out to be a wonder nutrient for your health and performance. If you're not getting enough—and you probably aren't—you need to start.
Is it safe to eat snakes? Which desert snakes are the easiest to catch and/or most tasty?—The EditorsSanta Fe, New Mexico
Which cacti are the most edible and nutritious?—The EditorsSanta Fe, New Mexico
From fresh, tropical milkshakes to buffalo steaks the size of your head, we dug up the best chow near America鈥檚 national parks.
What survival food should you pack for going into the backcountry this season?—The EditorsSanta Fe, New Mexico
Overlooked mountain ranges, river beer, running album, gear of all time, and 47 other big ideas, accidental winners, and awesome things about the world outside we've come to love over the past 33 years. Introducing our first annual Editors' Choice Awards...
Wild weather makes the next couple of months the hardest time of the year to plan an adventure. To help you out, we've worked up game plans for all kinds of conditions. Your job? Just check the doppler—then go.
Chilling reduces the taste of alcohol and brings out sweetness. All 80-proof spirits start to freeze at around minus 10 Fahrenheit, but, warns Dave Arnold, director of culinary technology at the French Culinary Institute, in New York, trying to imbibe anything colder than minus 4 will burn your tongue. Arnold…
There are two choices when confronting the聽current chaos in the job market: Be afraid. (Useless.)聽Be bold. (That’s the spirit.) Because moments of turmoil present the biggest opportunities to take a聽new direction, to find an employer who gets your need聽for adventure, to finally break free of the cubicle. How We Picked…
Times are tough, but growing and killing your own food isn't the answer.
Mace Fleeger shows you how to turn a match into a rocket with just a bit of tin foil.
Okay, so 90 percent of the world's large fish are gone, says Sylvia Earle. Do I need to stop eating sushi? The Editors Santa Fe, New Mexico
A better way to get to know your favorite wilderness this harvest season: Pick, haul, fish, and forage your way from breakfast to dinner
Sixty seconds. That’s how long it takes you to roll over and go back to sleep聴or, with the push of a button on the Jura-Capresso Impressa J5, brew up a perfect cup of espresso to get you into your gear closet and out the door. Before you’ve even registered what…
From showroom cookers to backyard fire pits, choice cuts of beef to slaw-covered brats, perfect margaritas to domestic sixers, it鈥檚 summer. Time to move the kitchen outside.
PORTSMOUTH ISLAND, NORTH CAROLINA – On a weekend last summer, while the rest of the beachgoing world descended upon overrun sand traps like Nags Head and Virginia Beach, I took a 4×4 and a shortboard and made for Portsmouth Island. There are a few selling points to this skinny, 18-mile-long…
In which we take back the drinking trip from the wine snob. Here's how to mix world-class adventure and tasting, from Kentucky to Japan.
Down Boy: Q&A with Steven Rinella Though author Steven Rinella wrote the book on weird food (The Scavenger's Guide to Haute Cuisine), traveling to Vietnam to sample cooked dog for the October 2007 feature story “Down Boy” totally freaked him out. Rinella talks…
...to travel smarter, go faster, dress better, eat right, work less, and play more.
One man, one idiotic quest: to find El Mirador, a mysterious beachfront bar in a very remote and very dangerous part of Colombia. Who knew there would be complications?
The Caribbean is home to as many rum distilleries as islands. Hop on board for a taste tour—and leave the Coke behind.
Feasting will doubtless bookend the feats of athleticism on the ice and snow at these Winter Olympics. Find out here what it takes to get through Piedmontese culinary boot camp.
Because every second you’re not living life to the fullest is an opportunity missed鈥攁nd the clock is ticking. To get you going, we’ve handpicked a no-regrets, full-throttle, see-the-world list of 50 things to do before you die鈥攆rom climbing an 8,000-meter peak to making the perfect martini. Pro surfer Kelly Slater…
The future doesn’t just happen. The next frontiers of adventure, fitness, gear, and sport are crafted by bold visionaries with world-changing dreams鈥攁nd the minds and muscles to make them real. Behold the 25 all-star innovators leading us beyond tomorrow. 1. Conrad Anker: High-Altitude Altruist 2. Josh Donlan:…
Window shopping is nice, but there's nothing like wrapping your fingers around the sharp, hard edges of a new pair of skis to spark the urge to give (or get). To help you savor the mood this holiday season we present the year's best bounty in all its lust-worthy forms. From the slickest bike to the toughest laptop, these are the gifts you'll want to have—a
In the early nineties, you couldn’t turn around without spilling a microbrew on some goateed guy’s flannel. Replace that six-pack with a bottle of brandy made from organic pears and you have the latest trend in happy-hour chic: craft distilling. Looking for ways to spice up your holiday liquor cabinet?…
Three months of pure freedom. You're loving it—and we are, too. From big water to big walls, from oyster stands to dune shacks, fifty-one sunny ways to dive in when the mercury rises.
Earth-friendly cool is everywhere, from Hollywood and innovative building design to hybrid cars and candy bars. You live, breathe, and play green already—so why not come full circle by bringing it all back home?