Cocktails
COCKTAIL: The Tin Cap
A bourbon-and-brandy kickoff to brown liquor season
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How's My Driving?
In which I fish for constructive feedback and/or unqualified praise
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How to Construct a Kids' Menu and Other Things I Think I'm Good At
Plus a recipe, a drink, some music, a book, pets and more! It's Friday, pals.
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A Live Look in as I Watch a Beloved Family Movie From the '80s or '90s With My Kids
I bet it's aged fine?
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I could step in the same river twice.
RIP to Heraclitus but I'm built different. (It's Friday, and I've got MIDWEST FOOD, SEASONED?, a theme-park-worthy cocktail, great music and more!)
Recipes
RECIPE: Berbere-Spiced Runzas
In which I address the question: if we took Midwestern food and seasoned it?
Cocktails
COCKTAIL: Dole Whip 2.0
A new stab at a boozy theme-park drink
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A College Football Preview for People Who Don't Watch College Football
Let me show you the ways of my people.
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It's Only Fair
The Friday Newsletter is throwing its own state fair, and making some really dumb food in the process
Recipes
RECIPE: The River Cities on a Stick
A fair-food homage that combines Cincinnati, St. Louis and Pittsburgh in one delicious monstrosity
Cocktails
COCKTAIL: The Last Temptation of Zachary Taylor
A drink in tribute to the 12th president's untimely demise
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Welcome to "Benny's Big Bite"!
Join YouTube's hottest foodfluencer as he tours a cutting-edge food hall!