Category: Food & Drink
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Bullet, Blade and Big Green Eggs
Matt Bolus isn’t your average Southern BBQ guy. The Nashville, Tennessee, restaurateur has built a unique offering and a national following with the 404 Kitchen, a restaurant where the most important influence is the outdoors and the wild bounty of the southeast.
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Hawaiian Cowboy Whiskey
In the middle of a Maui Gold pineapple field on the fertile flanks of the Haleakalá volcano, planted rows of the king of fruit stretch to the horizon. As far as the eye can see, plump yellow pineapple bodies with spiky green crowns sit on thrones of sharp, sworded leaves.
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The History of Rum
There’s a reason Captain Jack Sparrow, a pirate portrayed by Johnny Depp in the Pirates of the Caribbean film franchise, is always holding a bottle of rum, and slurring his speech—those swashbuckling, anti-hero mariners of yore loved a good buzz.
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Spearfishing for Lionfish
With 18 venomous spines and an ability to float fearlessly, lionfish look more formidable than edible. But as Chef Irv Miller knows, there are tender filets under that tough exterior.
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A Kentucky Derby-Worthy Mint Julep Recipe
The Mint Julep is deeply connected to the Kentucky Derby. But it’s also an excellent cocktail with a profound history.
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Wild Game Liquor Pairing Strategies
When I was 8 years old, I walked through my family’s Choctaw, Oklahoma, backwoods with a single shot .22, scanning the trees for squirrels. This gun had been passed down two generations in my family and the sights had become crooked, so catching a moving squirrel became a guessing game and I missed more than…
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Belgian Beer & All That It Entails
A quest for the Holy Grail of Trappist ales. A Belgian beer pilgrimage. Tucked in the shadow of the St.Sixtus Abbey amid the pastoral Belgian countryside, the In de Vrede is the only place in the world you can sip from a chalice of Westvleteren 12.
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Meet Chef Andrew Zimmern
The famous TV chef serves up his passion for the outdoors. Andrew Zimmern Goes Wild. Fans of Andrew Zimmern have tagged along for years as he’s chased his endless fascination with flavorful foods from one end of the world to the other. These days they can see what the famous foodie loves about the incredible…
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Outdoors Allie Cooks Venison
Outdoors Allie Cooks Venison: Hunting influencer embraces the ‘gamey’ flavor of wild meat. Growing up in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, Allie D’Andrea wasn’t a hunter. Heck, at one time she didn’t even like venison. But in the end, Outdoors Allie cooks up venison. But all that changed when she accompanied her boyfriend at the time—Nick…