Let's be direct about what Father's Day gift shopping has become. You're staring at an Amazon search bar, you've got "something practical" in your head, and the algorithm is spitting back a hundred generic options between $29 and $49 that look like they'd survive...
You are standing at the seafood counter. There are two pounds of snow crab legs in the case, they're on sale, and the guy behind the glass is waiting. You buy them. You get home. You put them on the counter and stare at them like they owe you an explanation. This is...
Haleiwa Joe's, Kaneohe HI Michael Fraser Publisher/Contributor Pints, Forks & Friends Field Notes There is a certain kind of restaurant that earns its place on your mental map permanently. Not because of a perfectly executed Instagram moment, but because the setting...
Bender's Tavern - Canton, Ohio Michael Fraser Publisher/Contributor Pints, Forks & Friends Field Notes There are restaurants you visit once and forget by the time you get home. Then there are places like Bender's Tavern in Canton, Ohio — where the host greets you at...
2026 - Best Big Green Egg Accessories There is a moment, somewhere around your 50th cook on a budget kamado smoker, where you stop blaming the charcoal and start wondering if the equipment is the problem. That was me and my Akorn. The Akorn is not a bad grill. But...
You know the feeling. You've spent real money on a growler of something worth talking about. A double dry-hopped IPA from some 12-tap operation tucked behind a parking lot. A cold brew with the kind of nitrogen-kissed creaminess that makes you question your entire...
Walk into any serious backyard cook's setup and you will eventually find one of two things sitting on the patio like a quiet piece of sculpture: a round, ceramic vessel that could pass for an alien artifact, either green or red. One is from Atlanta. The other is from...
AI CRM for Breweries - Start Growing on Day 1 We’ve talked to a lot of breweries over the years, and the feeling of chaos is consistent, especially when dealing with the complex sales process of the alcohol market. Most brewery software is built for the "back of...
New Orleans, Louisiana Michael Fraser Publisher/Contributor Pints, Forks & Friends Field Notes New Orleans does not ease you in. You step off the plane and the city makes its case immediately — the heat, the smell of something frying somewhere nearby, the sound of a...
There is a stick of butter sitting in your refrigerator right now that is doing absolutely nothing for you. That ends today. Cowboy butter is not a trend. It is not a social media phase that disappears by next Tuesday. It is the kind of thing your grandfather would...
