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One More Time

Do you know what it means to want Alabama?

Heads Carolina, Tails Carolina

How To Make This Year a Success

A Coffee Drinker's Zodiac

Bearing Fruit

COCKTAIL: Cynar-Brandy Flip

When did you find out about Santa?

All of the Other Reindeer

Update and shut down?

RECIPE: Salisbury Steakburgers

What is Cryptocurrency?

WE LANDED ON THE MOON

There's only one thing left to do

RECIPE: Stoverij / Flemish Beef Stew

COCKTAIL: The Gingerbread House

Quantifying Canine Chaos

The Confidence Game

Welcome to the Stretch Run

RECIPE: Black Friday Crunchwrap

COCKTAIL: Black Velvet

Introducing the Action Football League

Being lucky is hard work

Greetings From Thanksgiving Island

RECIPE: Breakfast Bundt

COCKTAIL: The Kids' Table

Our gallery of partial truths

Defying the memory machine

The Sweet Part of the Weekend

RECIPE: Thicc Vegan Chili

COCKTAIL: The Apple of My Eye

We need to talk about the grocery store

On minimal risks

A Sort of Homecoming

RECIPE: Cincinnati Chili Arancini

COCKTAIL: Fruitcake Punch

An open letter from that one box you haven't unpacked since you moved in four years ago

Let's talk about this awful building.

You can tailgate anything, even Halloween

RECIPE: Baked Feta with Walnuts, Dates and Olives

COCKTAIL: The Vieux Carre

Solutions For College Football's Overtime Problem

The Best Sandwich In All 50 States

Make ‘Em Say Hygge

RECIPE: Stuffed Cabbage Soup

COCKTAIL: The Woodpile Hot Toddy

The Lottery Ticket

How to indoctrinate a sports fan

Georgia on my mind

RECIPE: Columbus, Georgia 'Scrambled Dog'

COCKTAIL: The Pharmacy Counter

Your permission slip

Boyhood, in seven costumes

Friday night they'll be dressed to kill

RECIPE: The Chicken Fingers from AC's Bar and Grill

COCKTAIL: The Rust Belt Manhattan

Is the internet worth it?

The ACBN Bar Band Cover Song Draft

Legends of the Fall

RECIPE: Pumpkin Spice Pork

COCKTAIL: The Caramel Apple

A short list of things I am not better than

Through the never

Let's have a bye week brunch.

RECIPE: Goetta

COCKTAIL: The Caesar

Welcome to the Repair Shop

All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Nippert Stadium

Who wants to join a wellness movement?

RECIPE: Mediterranean Turkey Burger with Whipped Feta

COCKTAIL: CBD Sour

Walking through walls

You had to be there.

The road to hell is paved with flavor

RECIPE: Seventh Circle Pasta

DRINK: Mango/Coconut/Ginger Smoothie

They don't remember

A reflection, on Labor Day

Drums In The Distance

COCKTAIL: The Noon Kickoff

RECIPE: Flamin' Hot Cheese Curds

[LOUD BOOING]

There's still a swamp under there.

Your Friday Blueprint

RECIPE: Architecturally-Perfect Nachos

COCKTAIL: The Kimona

A Serious Man

Pedal Through to the End

Eternal Sunshine of the Friday Mind

RECIPE: Chicken Shawarma Pasta

COCKTAIL: Cheerwine #2

What about here?

After this week, things should settle down.

The Summer's Out of Reach

RECIPE: Campfire Panini

COCKTAIL: Peach White Negroni

Talk about compassion

Our most audacious lie

Faster. Higher. Stronger.

RECIPE: The Sea-L-T

COCKTAIL: Olive Oil Sour

You can't make more Saturdays

Build back *bolder*, I say.

Silver and Gold

RECIPE: Smashburgers

COCKTAIL: The Twisted Vine

[recalculating route]

Let's talk about the Cleveland Guardians.

A Walk in the Woods

RECIPE: Maple-Miso Pork Skewers

COCKTAIL: The Wooden Nickel

The Five People You Meet At A Yard Sale

Faces of the Game

It's a Cruel, Cruel Summer

RECIPE: Flying Jacob Tacos

COCKTAIL: The Filthy Toucan

Events I Wish I Had Witnessed Live

Please stop making things into stocks.

Overlaps and in-betweens

"The Perfect Age"

Here comes the boom

RECIPE: Chivito Sandwich

COCKTAIL: The Hard Boston Cooler

Let's talk about the greatest summer movie of all time

Farewell to the spotlight, again

The not-so-terrible twos

RECIPE: Strawberry-Burrata Salad

We're on tornado watch.

Some advice for young workers.

Where there's smoke, there's fathers

RECIPE: Afterburner Steak

RECIPE: Avocado Toast Panzanella

COCKTAIL: The Garage Fire Shandy

Are we winning?

The Superhero Illusion

Welcome to Summer School

RECIPE: Individual Detroit-Style Pizzas

COCKTAIL: Lambrusco Spritz

This is a bad look.

In search of sweetness

On the coast of somewhere beautiful

RECIPE: Beach House Crab Salad

COCKTAIL: The San Diego Mindset

Meet the Unquantifiable Cities of America

Your long weekend guide is here. I'm not.

RECIPE: Ribs

COCKTAIL: Boozy Dole Whip

A message to the graduating class of 2020-21

On core memories

Boom and Bust

RECIPE: Billionaire's Pizza

COCKTAIL: The Internationale

Who would win?

In Defense of Weird Regional Foods

How To Steal A Day

RECIPE: Tramezzini Sandwich

COCKTAIL: The Golden Hour

How to have a conversation across time and space

The solution to America's stalling vaccination push

May The Seventh Be Wi... wait, uh...

RECIPE: Bourbon-Marinated Grilled Chicken

COCKTAIL: The Spaghett

The Accidental Cookbook

Good night? Good luck.

COCKTAIL: Millionaire's Tears

An Uncommon Wealth

RECIPE: Burgoo

RECIPE: Kentucky Chocolate-Pecan Pie

COCKTAIL: The Gilded Lily

Hello, My Name Is _______ And I _______

The Week the World Comes to Town

Slay all day

RECIPE: Tortilla with Romesco

COCKTAIL: The Melon Baller

A Letter From A Jealous American

Creative Writing For Small Business Tyrants

Cuttin' Grass

RECIPE: Grilled Fish w/ Cilantro-Lime Dressing and Black Bean-Corn Salsa

COCKTAIL: The Green Man

There's two ways to success.

In the background

Connecting the Dots

RECIPE: No-Chop Pork Picadillo

COCKTAIL: April Showers

In defense of cool things

What's something you've done for yourself lately?

"And we're underway..."

RECIPE: Camden-Style Crab Fries

COCKTAIL: The Screwball Sour

How exactly do we re-emerge?

Was The Stuck Boat Funny?

Come on! Feel the Illinoise!

RECIPE: Chicago-Style Pizza Puff

COCKTAIL: The Prairie State Paloma

So where do you end this story?

Blink-182 is not classic rock. I am not a crackpot.

Greetings From Michigan!

RECIPE: Almond Boneless Chicken

COCKTAIL: The Juggalo

Let's talk about hacks, baby

It's just like riding a bike.

Welcome to the New Year

RECIPE: Corned Beef Burrito

COCKTAIL: Stout Old Fashioned

Well... what did we learn?

When Will Certain Things Be Safe?

March, forward.

RECIPE: Gigantes with ‘Nduja, Burrata and Fennel

COCKTAIL: The Gold Rush

The "Cancel Culture" Death Reel

A geography of menus

BEEF WEEKEND: FURY ROAD

The Subtle Art of Losing at Connect Four

900 Words From The Point of View of Someone Trying To Get Up From A Beanbag Chair

Throw another log on the fire.

There's no silence like a crowded room.

Meet The Best Winter Driver In America

Hearts of Slush

I have no idea what you're talking about.

How To Tell If Your Dog Is Smart

Nothing Is Happening This Weekend

Please make me a guest on your cooking show.

How I Became A Prepper

Sometimes All You Need Is A Snow Day

The Dough Is Never Quite The Same

Dinnertime Noir

Ding, dong.

We've got the dreamers' disease

The thing I swore I'd never do as a parent

We're staying in the box, for now.

What was the *least* interesting time?

This is who we are.

A Big Empty Space

Athletic progress goes "THWAP"

Old Dirt

Do it anyway.