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Nostalgia sells — but you have to get it right
For Hendrick’s, we took our cue from the vintage stills used to create the gin
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Junk food is my American dream
If you are a fat kid, it is an indelible state that can never be escaped much as one might try
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Who else misses smoking in a bar?
Instead of teachers or parents, smokers now hide from busybodies
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Hipsters are getting high on an alcohol-free cocktail
Kin has become popular as swatches of America veer towards sinless living and self-care
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Why do Americans and Brits write about alcohol so differently?
American drink writing tends to be self-flagellating: the recovering alcoholic’s remembrance of sins past
By Nina Caplan
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