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What to Eat, Drink, Buy, and Do in July: The Bon Appétit Checklist

Everything you need to eat, drink, buy, and do in July, from Hawaiian hot sauces to where to get the best stadium food
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From Hawaiian hot sauces to where to get the best stadium food, here’s everything you need to eat, drink, buy, and do this month.

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    Zach DeSart
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    Coffee Gets Weird

    1. Blue Bottle's New Orleans Iced Coffee ($4) now comes in a grown-up milk carton at Whole Foods.
    2. In L.A., coffee is used to dye hemp-blend T-shirts ($58).
    3. Craftsman and Wolves’s coffee jam ($12) is the best thing to happen to bread since slicing. **

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    Rochelle Cheri
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    Yes, You 'Need' Another Serving Board

    This reclaimed one ($125–$175) comes from 28-year-old L.A. woodworker Rochelle Cheri**.

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    Only the Most Delicious Stadium Food, Maybe Ever

    Nothing against Hebrew Nationals, but this is what you should be ordering at this season’s ball games: Rib tips from Butcher & the Boar (Twins’ Target Field, Minneapolis). Brisket from Killen’s Texas Smokehouse (Astros’ Minute Maid Park, Houston). Meatball sliders from Pat LaFrieda’s Chop House (Mets’ Citi Field, NYC).

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    Zach DeSart
    4/10

    So This Is a Fresh Chickpea

    If you see it at the market, buy a ton. Toast pods in a dry pan, and dress with olive oil, salt, and chile flakes.

  • NBD just gonna eat some pie off this porcelain dessert plate from Pop Art precursor Alex Katz.
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    High Style Plateware

    NBD, just gonna eat some pie off this porcelain dessert plate ($125) from Pop Art precursor Alex Katz.

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    Christian Harder
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    Say You Have One Night in Providence, RI, Summer's Best Little Restaurant City

    Here’s how to spend it:
    4 p.m. Drop your bags at the new Ace-like Dean Hotel.
    5 p.m. Swill Bottle Rocket cocktails at the Eddy.
    7 p.m. Slurp a bowl of noodles at Ken’s Ramen.
    10 p.m. Head back to the Dean: It’s karaoke time!

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    Alex Lau
    7/10

    Skinny Chocolate!

    The bars ($9) from Marou Faiseurs de Chocolat are so slim, it’s almost as though you didn’t just eat three. **

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    Hot Hot Hawaii

    Hawaii’s Adoboloco hot sauces ($26 for a three-pack) rock bright, vinegary flavors (smoked ghost pepper, pineapple habanero). Bring a bottle to your next barbecue.

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    Zach DeSart
    9/10

    Aperitivo Crush

    Carpano Bianco vermouth ($23): the lighter, drier analogue to Carpano Antica. **

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    Like Beer? Crash Here

    Dogfish Head brewery’s new inn—a 16-room converted motel in Lewes, DE—is now open. **

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