Bartender Profile: Kevin Nguyen | Head Bartender, Death & Co. Los Angeles

"It was thought that to drink alcohol was to live a life shadowed by death; that those who drank were keeping company with death. It's taken us nearly a century...

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Vosges Haut-Chocolat

Vosges Haut-Chocolat

Chinese 5-Spice Chocolate Bar. It’s rare to find any food that simultaneously ticks all five flavor boxes — sweet, sour, bitter, salty, and umami (savory). It’s rarer still to find that...

J.Q. Dickinson Bloody Mary Salt

J.Q. Dickinson Bloody Mary Salt

Make Your Bloody Mary Look & Taste Professionally Made. It’s no secret that a glass rimmed with seasoned salt makes a cocktail look great. But how does it affect the...

McClures's Spicy Pickle Potato Chips

McClures's Spicy Pickle Potato Chips

The Flavor Of A Bloody Mary, The Crunch Of A Chip. As awful as it is to consider, there are times when drinking a Bloody Mary simply isn’t an option....

Doux South Drunken Tomatoes

Doux South Drunken Tomatoes

The Bloody Mary Garnish That's Too Good Not To Eat! When it comes to Bloody Mary garnishes, the undisputed classic is the pickled tomato. And when it comes to pickled...

Heartbeat Hot Sauce

Heartbeat Hot Sauce

This Pickle-Based Hot Sauce Is A Big Dill! There are too many hot sauces out there that bring the heat, but little else. And a great Bloody Mary deserves something...

Dardimans

Bloody Mary Lollipop & Cocktail Stirrer The Bloody Mary is a cocktail to play around with, whether you’re making it nose-runningly spicy or adorning it with over-the-top garnishes. Well, here’s...

Matiz España: From Culinary Collective

Matiz España: From Culinary Collective

When Culinary Collective was formed in 1998 in Seattle, it was by two people passionate about travel, about gourmet international food staples and about bringing the joys of both to...

Simón Coll Xocolaters: From Culinary Collective

Simón Coll Xocolaters: From Culinary Collective

The Culinary Collective also imports products by a brand called Simón Coll, a famous chocolatier, founded in 1840 in Catalonia. Spanish ‘drinking chocolate’ is quite the experience. Whereas Americans associate...

Lunares Home: By Nima Oberoi

Lunares Home: By Nima Oberoi

Nima Oberoi’s enthusiasm in infectious. The way she speaks about aluminum is how another might talk about a truly delicious meal or a vacation destination. And, once you speak to...

Tate’s Bake Shop Blueberry Crisp Cookies

Tate’s Bake Shop Blueberry Crisp Cookies

A Taste of Summer in Every Crunchy Bite When we have a taste for a cookie with a crunch to it, there's one place we go first: Tate's Bake Shop....

Vices Exclusive: Oyster Knife

Vices Exclusive: Oyster Knife

No weekend in the Hamptons would be complete without oysters! Oysters and the Hamptons have gone together for a lot longer than fun-seekers have headed there for summertime bashes. The...

shār snacks Impossibly Good Trail Mix

shār snacks Impossibly Good Trail Mix

Good For You, Good For The Planet, AND Delicious — A Rare Trifecta! We’ve never put a whole lot of thought into trail mix — likely because the most of the companies...

Sag Harbor Honey

Sag Harbor Honey

A Honey with Terroir Most of us associate terroir with wine. But the word, and the meaning, apply just as well to Sag Harbor Honey's incredible wildflower honey, a jar of...

The Hampton Popcorn Company

The Hampton Popcorn Company

Whether you’re headed for a picnic, a day at the beach, a scenic drive, or a night under the stars, you’ve got to have some snacks to bring along with...

Goodio: Café Ubuntu Craft Chocolate

Goodio: Café Ubuntu Craft Chocolate

Peruvian cacao and East African coffee combine to make a world-beating chocolate. Ubuntu is an African term which means “interconnectedness,” and that concept applies to the Café Ubuntu chocolate bar...

Makabi & Sons Uji Matcha & Black Sesame Shortbread Cookies

Makabi & Sons Uji Matcha & Black Sesame Shortbread Cookies

An addictive snack to pair with Japanese tea or munch on its own. A Los Angeles-based company whose founder was born in Iran capturing the flavors of Japan... in a...

Bachan's Original Japanese Barbecue Sauce

Bachan's Original Japanese Barbecue Sauce

Striking the balance of smoke, spice, and sweetness. Bachan means “grandmother” in Japanese, and in the case of Bachan’s Original Japanese Barbecue Sauce, it’s a most appropriate name. It was...

Miya Red Lacquer Chopsticks

Miya Red Lacquer Chopsticks

The perfect special occasion chopsticks — but we won’t tell if you want to use them every day. Chopsticks are a creation of China, but they’ve been a presence in Japan...

The Japanese Pantry

The Japanese Pantry

Usukuchi Soy Sauce with Koji & Organic Black Sesame Seeds Two classic ingredients bring authentic Japanese flavors to your kitchen. In America, we see soy sauce as a cheap, mass-produced condiment,...

Thank You For Smoking Cookbook by Paula Disbrowe

Thank You For Smoking Cookbook by Paula Disbrowe

From soup to nuts, this book is the how-to guide to make your meals smokier and better It’s a well-known fact that pretty much everything, from cocktails to snack foods...

Smashmallow

Perfectly Toasted Marshmallows, No Stick or Fire Required Toasted marshmallows are so good, they’re practically an excuse to go camping in themselves. If only it were possible to have that...

Hoff & Pepper: Smoken Ghost Ketchup & Smoken Ghost Hot Sauce

Hoff & Pepper: Smoken Ghost Ketchup & Smoken Ghost Hot Sauce

A double-barreled blast of delicious heat from Chattanooga's hot sauce masters! Some like it hot... and that includes us. We’re connoisseurs of heat, mavens of spice, aficionados of the tongue-tingling,...

Spiceology Smoky Honey Habanero Sweet & Spicy Rub

Spiceology Smoky Honey Habanero Sweet & Spicy Rub

The Perfect Balance of Smoke, Spice, and Sweetness When we think of great barbecue, we think primarily of three flavors. There’s smoke, of course — that essence imparted to the...

Ticket Chocolate: Classic Artisan S'mores Kit

Ticket Chocolate: Classic Artisan S'mores Kit

The Ticket to Perfect S'mores - Anytime. Anywhere When we think of s’mores, we automatically think of campfires, tents, and sleeping in the woods under the stars. But s’mores are...

Meet the Maker -- Booze Dogs

Meet the Maker -- Booze Dogs

We are excited to announce that Booze Dogs––an incredible line of delicious, inventive, liquor-infused bratwurst and burgers––are launching their latest product on Vices Reserve! We sat down with Co-owners, Joe...

A Global Guide to Buying Truffles

A Global Guide to Buying Truffles

By Nicholas Gill Truffles, essentially a fungus that grow on live trees such as oak and hazel in very specific conditions, are one of the most expensive and sought-after foods...

Michelin Starred Tacos

Michelin Starred Tacos

Michelin Starred Tacos By Nicholas Gill Enrique Olvera proved tacos weren’t relegated to street food with his taco omakase, an 8-course taco tasting at his Mexico City restaurant Pujol, currently...

How to Cook A Live Lobster

How to Cook A Live Lobster

How to Cook A Live Lobster … Nobu Style Lobster is a five-star food. It’s third-date territory. How we adore them … these Lamborghinis of langoustines. Sorry....

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