Inspired by a customized bag that was given to him by his wife—it was inscribed with his collegiate basketball-jersey number and lined with fabric from a favorite pair of pajama pants—Jed Frost founded Frost, a company that creates personalized bags representing customers’ unique passions and experiences. Based in Lexington, Ky., Frost employs a team of local artisans to handcraft its one-of-kind bags. Each commission begins with a client interview, eliciting the customer’s lifestyle and personal interests. Th…

In October, the Federal Aviation Administration certified Embraer’s first midsize jet, the Legacy 500, and the company says it expects to deliver as many as six of the airplanes by year’s end. The clean-sheet design features fly-by-wire controls, which enable the crew to maneuver the jet using computer signals instead of mechanical linkages. In the cabin, passengers find a space 6 feet tall and 6 feet 10 inches wide, with a flat floor and eight ergonomic seats that convert to fully flat berths. Optional divans…

The Waldorf Astoria, Park City, is kicking off this year’s ski season with a bevy of winter-themed offerings—the highlight of which is the chance to hone your ice-skating skills with the U.S. Olympic speed skater Patrick Meek. Technically, the private session ($120 per person) is no longer available, but it can be arranged upon special request. The Patrick Meek session is part of a larger program called the Majordomo Package, which starts at $869 per night for accommodations in one of the resort’s 30 one-bedro…

Few brand names in the audio industry command the respect and near-universal praise that McIntosh Labs has earned over its 65 years of engineering excellence. As a result, the anticipation surrounding the new MHP1000 headphones ($2,000) has been high, as they mark the brand’s first foray into the headphone market. The announcement is no surprise to some: Headphones are the natural progression from the release of the brand’s first-ever headphone amplifier earlier this year.

The MHP1000 headphones are a circu…

This December, the island of Palm Beach, Fla., will welcome foodies from across the country this December for the eighth annual Palm Beach Food and Wine Festival, produced in partnership with Four Seasons Resort Palm Beach, as part of the hotel brand’s global food & wine festival collection. The four-day culinary event—which will feature a series of dinners, cocktail parties, tastings, competitions, and seminars, as well as the participation of celebrity chefs such as Daniel Boulud, Robert Irvine, and Marc…

When we think of cocktails, we typically think of lightly sweet concoctions that function as adults-only desserts. Rich curries and roasted mushrooms are not what come to mind. That being said, savory cocktails—drinks that feature herbs and spices more commonly found in a main course—are attracting a lot more attention in craft-cocktail dens throughout the United States.

The majority of these cocktails are descendants of the Bloody Mary or the bullshot (vodka mixed with beef consommé), but most are far more…

Meet poutine, the calorically endowed antithesis to a salad. This simple French-Canadian dish, whose name means “mess,” was reportedly created by chef Fernand Lachance in Warwick, Quebec, during the late 1950s. It starts with thick, hand-cut fries (classically fried in lard, of course), which are topped with white cheddar cheese curds and smothered in gravy. The resulting gluttony-inducing pile of warm, creamy, chewy, squeaky, crispy, melty foodstuffs yields something between nachos, an amply dressed baked pot…

If you’ve watched enough episodes of Chopped on the Food Network, you’ll know that it’s a cardinal sin to use truffle oil. Some on the show’s rotating judging panel—which includes renowned chefs such as Geoffrey Zakarian, Alex Guarnaschelli, and Scott Conant—view the product as a crutch. Conant has even gone so far as to declare his detestation of the product. That may seem a harsh stance to take, but Conant is not alone. “The enemy of all types of truffles is truffle oil,” says Ken Frank, executive chef of La…

When it comes to rich, unctuous foods, a prime cut of beef is as good as it gets; and nothing tops wagyu in texture, richness, or price. Simply translated, wagyu means “Japanese cow,” but considering that there are numerous breeds of Japanese cattle, it stands to reason that not every wagyu steak is created equal. Furthermore, wagyu cattle are raised in more than one country—Australia and the United States are two of the largest producers outside of Japan—which means buying a wagyu steak isn’t as easy as it ma…

We’re just going to come right out and say it: Your Sunday nights out in the city are numbered. Relax—we’re not talking about the fleeting nature of life, we’re talking about bingo night at the Monarch Room in the Meatpacking District. If you’ve been to the Monarch Room before—or the Wayfarer or Gilded Lily, two other establishments opened by the restaurateurs Lisle Richards and Eric Marx—you’ll know that this isn’t your typical bingo night. “Bingo has always been your grandparents’ game,” says Marx, “but the …