“It’s better to buy something you’ll use every time you step into the kitchen rather than something you’ll look at once and keep in a box for years.” This is Greg, owner of Hacher & Krain, Toronto’s newest knife shop. His Spadina and Dupont store looks more like an art … Read More
Every man, no matter how many silk ties he owns, needs a toolkit. Things in your life need repair and assembly, and that little Allen key ventures out of its league pretty quickly. This weekend, my toolkit got a significant upgrade. I finally cast aside my 30-piece wrench kit (because … Read More
Smartphone batteries die when it is most inconvenient, and some perverse law of the universe guarantees this will happen away from an outlet, or, at least, in one of those dreadful airports that charges you to access an outlet. This much is clear: the modern travelling man always needs a … Read More
The previously cordial relationship between Glenfiddich and Trump has soured. A few days ago, we mentioned that Michael Forbes, a farmer fighting a land dispute with noted hairpiece Donald Trump, won a Scottish popularity contest sponsored by Glenfiddich. In an uncharacteristically reasonable response, Donald Trump has declared the award “an … Read More
Something’s happened to bourbon in the past five years. What was once the purview of connoisseurs and writers (Hunter S. Thompson was a Wild Turkey man) started to find its way back into cocktails again. Whiskey sours, The Old Fashioned and Manhattans ceased to be quaint and became cool. Blame … Read More
