Food & Drink

Last week, I was enjoying a successful post-fishing lunch at Puckett’s Grocery in Leipers Fork, TN. Perhaps I should clarify…I was indulging in Southern comfort food: fried catfish, mac n’ cheese, mashed potatoes, turnip greens, drop biscuits, and an ice cold Yazoo Pale Ale. Delicious – yes. Healthy – no way. Sure, maybe I went [...]

Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from Tim Ferriss‘ new book, The Four Hour Chef.  An Introduction to Dehydrating Food Dehydration is all about removing water from food. Doing this helps to preserve the food (bacteria need water) and concentrate flavor. It’s a common misconception that you need heat to dehydrate food. But low humidity, [...]

I’ve never been good at carving pumpkins. Even as my deftness and skill with knives has increased over the years, I find that my attempts to competently carve a pumpkin tend to always come off looking more like an elementary school project rather than a piece of art. Instead, I typically get relegated to all [...]

Everything you need to know about cooking with the manliest piece of cookware- cast iron.



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Editor’s note: This is a guest post from James “Buzz” Surwilo (of The Uncle Buzz Workout and Tree Felling fame). The editors of the Art of Manliness have been requesting a how-to for making maple syrup since, well, they found out that I made a batch last spring.  But it’s difficult to write authoritatively on [...]