Punch Please

At base, punch is a way to both tame and stretch spirits—it’s about economy, just like that cheap 7UP/sherbet concoction that slaked the thirst of a thronged gym.

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The Green Fairy

When water is added, the clear absinthe turns a cloudy, opal green—this is known as the “absinthe louche,” or releasing “the green fairy.”

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Wanna Take This Outside?

Restaurant dining rooms are nice and all, but let’s face it—on fine summer days, we don’t need the room in the room with a view.

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The Season of the Witch

Like Hekate, for whom she named Manhattan’s first nonalcoholic dive bar, Abby Ehmann moves freely between two worlds.

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Tiki’s Dark Side

One of the wildest aspects about tiki’s pick-and-choose aesthetic is that it was birthed, virtually fully formed, from the head of one man.

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Cutting Edge

Geoff Feder’s kitchen tools begin as stylized watercolors that reveal lessons he learned in the world of fine art.

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Joshua Prince

Joshua Prince’s knives push the boundaries of knifemaking in almost every way—color, form, and, especially, the patterning of metal…

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C’mon in My Kitchen

A real family, a real kitchen. We talk with Raven & Boar’s Ruby Duke about life, time, change, and the room where it all happens.