Category: Lifestyle
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Chef David Bancroft – ACRE and Bow & Arrow
An avid outdoorsman who enjoys hunting and fishing, especially with his son, Walker, Chef David Bancroft is the chef and owner of two popular restaurants—Acre and Bow & Arrow—both in Auburn, Alabama. He has been a 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 semifinalist for the James Beard Foundation’s Best Chef: South. He won Food Network’s Iron…
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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…
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The Tom and Jerry Cocktail
Inside The Place on Buffalo’s Lexington Avenue, it never doesn’t feel like Christmas. Walking through the front door is like stepping into your family’s living room, where happy, smiling people immediately toast a mug as soon as you sit down, hanging your coat onto the back of a barstool. Friday fish fry specials—another great Buffalo…
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Be an outdoor hero … in town, too
I was fast to a monster cutthroat trout when I spotted a dome tent cart-wheeling its way across the lake. On the opposite shore, a frantic figure dropped his rod and gave chase
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What is an IPA Beer?
It’s an unseasonably hot summer afternoon in Los Angeles. Like “Chinatown” hot, and all I want is an ice-cold American lager,…
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Choosing The Right Italian Sauces For Wild Game Recipes
It’s hard to imagine what spaghetti and meatballs would be without a smothering portion of delectable tomato sauce. But this crushed,…
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Sam Choy’s Secrets to Poke
At age 70, Sam Choy minces no words, only fish, as he fulfills his personal dream of spreading the gospel of Hawaii’s beloved raw seafood delicacy, poke, to every corner of the world. “If you cook tuna, you might as well save your money and buy a can,” he says. And if you serve poke,…
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American Single Malt Whiskey
American Single Malt Whiskey reflects all that’s great about America—now it just needs the government to catch on. Capturing our country’s essence—the freedom, diversity, and immigrant drive that made us…
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How Hook & Barrel Came To Be
On the magazine’s fifth anniversary, meet the couple behind the magazine recounts Hook & Barrel’s amazing journey toward becoming a “GQ for rednecks.”