It’s a hot day in Oklahoma, and Kurt Russell has been working hard. At what, we’re not... more

  This Moment at the Peticolas Brewing Company When Chris and I Thought That Becoming Brewers... more

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In one of the last scenes of High Fidelity, John Cusack drinks a beer. Actually, he... more

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Just look at those soup prices when Clinton was in office.   —MULLIGATAWNY (The Pain and the... more

For most foreigners overseas, the closest they’ll ever come to tasting American... more

Kingston Falls, USA is the most beautiful matte painting on earth. An idyllic little town with... more

Halfway through The Shining, Jack Nicholson accepts a glass of whiskey from a ghost. It’s... more

Walter Matthau, we assume, has had a bad day. Or a bad night. Or both. Hell, back it up... more

At first, you think it’s going to be that old cliché:  men... more

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NOTE: This is the second of four installments in this series. We will... more

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Last week, my birthday passed without time to celebrate. No cake, no party. I’ve been working a lot.  My... more

In a roadside gas station along Highway 21, in the Missouri Ozarks, I scan... more

The clinical term for what happened was a myocardial rupture, which basically means her heart exploded under... more

Five years ago I took some pills hoping to lose the perpetual 10-15 pounds that I would always like to... more

We won’t drink the juice and we won’t make wine with it.  Because, well, feet. But the secret none of us... more

This Evan Williams Eggnog has all of what you’d expect in a nog. That strong taste of Christmas, of vanilla and cream and cinnamon and nutmeg.

In the original 1937 edition of The Hobbit, Tolkien promises in his description, “If... more

This month’s column was going to be about quitting my last job, but what’s... more

I still remember how he'd pour, like a ritual, like he still does to this day when he mixes himself a Beam & Pepsi at the end of the day.

A massive plaster moon rotates above the rooftop bar, casting a milky... more