Pregaming is almost always a precarious venture. The goal is to get perfectly tipsy before heading out so you show up to the party feeling frisky and only having to buy one or two drinks. The problem is, pregaming can easily (and I mean easily) spiral out...
In another exceptionally unsurprising turn of events, a new study found that one in five American children and teenagers drink literally zero water on any given day — and compared to water drinkers, those in this hydro-hating cohort consume about 200 more calories a day imbibing sugary beverages instead. This is, needless to...
Eating the hottest chili peppers until you scream, puke and then hyperventilate while wishing the sweet release of death would come now, right this second, please, has become a popular YouTube challenge. But while this might seem both reckless and idiotic (which, yeah), one thing that might...
This one’s for the procrastinators out there. The ones who knew this summer vacation was coming up, who knew months ago that winter flab needed to be shed, but kept putting it off until it was too late. Because now, you’re just about out of time, and...
In an ideal world, college will open your mind to many wonderful, disparate things, but the thing that’ll stick with you longest, in all likelihood, is being able to shotgun a beer. A chugging technique especially common within fraternity housing (and quite possibly Florida), it essentially allows...
I am, herein, seeking justice for my five-year-old self, who underwent military-grade table etiquette boot camp under the supervision of my loving but sometimes despotic father, a man who insisted that family dinners were a prime opportunity to teach his kids about class. I was young, impressionable and...
It seems like every time spring training starts, guys who left the field worn down at the end of September come back in mid-February super-ripped, with tons of new muscle — Red Sox outfielder Andrew Benintendi, for example, added an extra 20 pounds to his frame over...
Just because barbecues are often attended in flip-flops and typically involve piling large quantities of red meat into one’s mouth with a beer chaser, they aren’t invitations to forgo basic responsibilities of being a good guest. “A barbecue certainly speaks to a more casual environment,” says Emily...
Attention, everyone who foolishly called themselves King of the Grill after ruining a summer barbecue by burning $300 worth of high-grade meat purchased from a specialty butcher: Everything your parents taught you about grilling is wrong. Alright, I’m slipping into didactic men’s mag cliche here. But the fact...
Put down the hot dogs and step away from the frozen beef patties: Weber Canada Grill Master Michael P. Clive grills just about everything, so we grilled him on the foods you normally wouldn’t even consider introducing to the barbecue. Guacamole If you’re tired of regular guacamole...
If there was a Big Pharma equivalent for grilling, they’d probably have you believe that grill marks are essential to the flavor of a prime USDA steak. After all, every advertisement you’ve ever seen about grilling lingers upon crosshatched grill marks. And it makes sense, right? Those...
Protein is now everywhere — from shakes and powders to granola bars. Meat, too, is part of our cultural DNA, whether it’s giant steaks or burgers that have quadrupled in size since the 1950s. Obviously you can’t live without protein — it’s the basic building block of...
