food

Cold Drinks Taste Better Because You Can’t Really Taste Them

We recently wrote about how the only real reason to use a water filter is to keep your water cold. But why do we like…

A Late-Night Drunken Run for the Border With Lyft’s Taco Mode

The bright purple light cuts through the Orange County night as if it were a Bat Signal for Prince. It, too, is a symbol, but…

All the Creative Foods People Make When They’re Super Fucking Baked

Forget Grant Achatz. Move over, René Redzepi. You want to know who’s leading the charge in avant-garde cooking these days? Stoners. A quick jaunt over…

The Alpha Male Smoothie Is Real—and Will Make You Feel Like a Real Man (Allegedly)

Erewhon, the high-end natural foods market near the MEL office, recently unveiled a new addition to its cold-pressed collection: The Alpha Male Smoothie. Knocking back…