Health

Five Chefs Under the Influence

U.S. restaurants at the crest of the Spanish new wave

The Rioja Renaissance

An old Spanish wine takes on new life

Spring Chickens

Heirloom poultry is poised to become “the other red meat”—if fears about avian flu don’t keep people away

Grignolino

Italy's Beaujolais is as rare as good chicken

Five Recipes for Roast Chicken

Open for Business

A post-Katrina visit to the restaurants of New Orleans, where eating out has become essential group therapy

The Sazerac

The New Orleans cocktail of choice

Five Reopened New Orleans Restuarants

Domestic Reserves

Americans no longer need to look abroad to satisfy their need for oil—Tuscan-style olive oil, that is

Merlot for Snobs

A Long Island winery is challenging Merlot's deservedly dismal reputation

Better Bacon

A new cult takes hold

Sweet Home Louisiana

Sampling artisanal rum from New Orleans—and one of the city's signature desserts

White House Chefs

The Kosher Conversion

The market for kosher food is growing, for reasons both practical and spiritual

Flavorless No More

Small batch by small batch, the makers of a new artisanal vodka have tapped into the market for America's best-selling spirits

Good-bye, Cryovac

Imagine college food for which students will fake IDs, write rap songs, and line up outside the dining-hall door

Principled Pork

"Sustainable farming" is now open to debate and commercial exploitation. But sustainable pork certainly tastes the way pork should

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Miami: The Next Big Start-Up City?

How the city became a center for innovation

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A Brief History of Romantic Comedies

From The Atlantic's Chris Orr

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Life in 'the New Arctic'

A moving portrait of a fading landscape

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The Rise of New York City

A fascinating look at Manhattan in the 1940s

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What Is Methane Hydrate?

"Flaming ice" is a vast natural energy source

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NASA's Time-Lapse of the Sun

Now with epic dubstep music

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Shaken Not Tuned: Cocktail Experiments

Can a tuning fork improve a cocktail?

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Is He Cheating? A 1950s Guide

'That little blonde secretary from the office?’

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New Yorkers: Vintage Vacuum-Tube Amps

Risking electric shock to restore old amplifiers

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The DIY Piano-Bicycle

Everybody needs a hobby

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What Does It Take to Make Real Craft Gin?

Tour the Green Hat Gin distillery

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Letter From the Editor

The June 2013 issue

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What Straights Can Learn From Same-Sex Couples

New insight from decades of research

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The End of the Mall Rat

A tribute to that pillar of teen culture

Writers

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In Focus

Picking up the Pieces After the Tornado in Moore, Oklahoma