Somewhere between a gas station in Osaka and a Tuesday night in my kitchen, I made peace with the fact that ramen is not a guilty pleasure. It is a legitimate meal when you build it right, and most people never build it right. The version most of us grew up with was a...
Cleveland style BBQ is a regional barbecue style created by chef Michael Symon at Mabel's BBQ, which opened on East 4th Street in downtown Cleveland in April 2016. It pairs meat smoked low and slow over local fruitwood with a thin, tangy sauce built on Bertman Ball...
The Great American Beer Festival moved outdoors this year, to Levitt Pavilion in Denver on October 10 and 11. The part that matters to brewers happened before anyone poured a sample: blind judging, style by style, with the 2026 competition open only to American...
Hops is the Pints, Forks & Friends AI sommelier. He lives in the chat bubble on this site, and his job is to answer the questions we get asked at every bar we walk into: what beer goes with this, where are the wings worth the drive, and what should I drink when the...
Herb butter for steak is softened butter mixed with fresh herbs, usually rosemary, thyme, and parsley, then melted over a hot cut of meat so the fat carries the flavor into every bite. It's not a garnish. It's the difference between a steak that's seasoned and a steak...
The Story of Westmalle Brewery: A Trappist Dubbel Turning 100 Somewhere behind abbey walls in a small Belgian town called Westmalle, twenty-two monks and about forty secular brewery staff are quietly clocking in on a beer recipe that just hit its hundredth birthday....
Aspen, Colorado Michael Fraser Publisher/Contributor Pints, Forks & Friends Field Notes The last time I stood in Aspen, it was 1995. Thirty years is long enough for a mountain town to change its whole personality, and long enough for me to want to see if it still had...
What is the Ohio Eggfest? The Ohio Eggfest is a Big Green Egg grilling competition and fundraising festival held annually in Central Ohio. The 2026 edition, the 10th annual event, takes place on Saturday, July 25th from 10:30am to 3:30pm at Fortress Obetz in Obetz,...
Does Amazon Prime Include Free Grubhub+? Yes. Active Amazon Prime members get a free Grubhub+ membership included with their Prime subscription at no additional charge. Grubhub+ normally runs $9.99 a month — $120 a year — so if you have Prime and you have not...
We linked the Thrifty ice cream scooper in a post about a blind taste test. Nothing fancy — no dedicated review, no buying guide, no SEO strategy built around it. Just a mention in passing. The internet ate through the inventory anyway. That tells you something about...
