More often than not, punches underwhelm - too fizzy, too fruity, too sherbet-y, and/or too baroque, the flavors all muddled into the… — Jonathan Miles Copy Share Image
The spectacle of a good bar fight, properly executed and healthily ended, is not merely annoying boorishness. The best of them -… — Jonathan Miles Art Copy Share Image
The mint julep may be sacred in the South, but so is college football, and that doesn't stop us from enjoying it. — Jonathan Miles College Copy Share Image
Young men feel they have much to prove; older men, as a very general rule, tend to feel more comfortable in their… — Jonathan Miles Copy Share Image
For me, alcohol has this endless fascination that there's this substance that can enhance life so beautifully and destroy it so completely. — Jonathan Miles Alcohol Copy Share Image
Paddleboarding is what happens when you want to kayak on a surfboard or surf a kayak: You stand atop a board paddling… — Jonathan Miles Copy Share Image
Anyone with a fondness for intricately flavored, carefully measured cocktails and entertaining at home knows how poorly the two mix. — Jonathan Miles Cocktails Copy Share Image
I find airports to be purgatorial in many ways. I mean, even from the basics of the design: you know, this sort… — Jonathan Miles Copy Share Image
Novelists lie for a living - what is a novel, after all, but an assembly of fibs paradoxically meant to illustrate something… — Jonathan Miles Books Copy Share Image
A Negroni demands your full, upright attention. It will not tolerate mindless swigging the way all those sweet summertime drinks do, which… — Jonathan Miles Attention Copy Share Image
An early remedy for malaria called for tossing the sufferer, Br'er Rabbit-style, into a prickly bush; in his hasty retreat, went the… — Jonathan Miles Copy Share Image
For whatever reason, I encounter Canadian whiskey at hunting camps way more often than I do in restaurants, bars, or homes. Could… — Jonathan Miles Copy Share Image
Anyone who's ever read the lyrics of an already cherished song has most likely encountered that hollow sensation of something missing, the… — Jonathan Miles Absence Copy Share Image
Except for a very few elite pro racers up front, the Dakar Rally is not, at heart, a contest among the competitors;… — Jonathan Miles Africa Copy Share Image
Bermuda's beaches are justly famed for their pink sands, colored by the pulverized shells of single-celled organisms called foraminifera. When occupied by… — Jonathan Miles Copy Share Image
You pray for days when the crappie fishing is so relentlessly good that you're giggling like a kid and the only things… — Jonathan Miles Fish Copy Share Image
Most of the time, comparing printed song lyrics with poems is like comparing recipes with food: that's to say, patently unfair. — Jonathan Miles Food Copy Share Image
For most of the competitors, winning the Dakar has little to do with the standings on the final day and everything to… — Jonathan Miles Day Copy Share Image
The South's cuisine is often likened to gumbo - a thick and bubbling melange, spiked with a little bit of this, a… — Jonathan Miles Africa Copy Share Image
My childhood was basically divided between fishing and roaming the woods and hiding out in my bedroom. Maybe things would've turned out… — Jonathan Miles Copy Share Image
Of course, there's nothing wrong with deer burgers and venison chili, but with a little gusto, those stalwarts can go from satisfying… — Jonathan Miles Deer Copy Share Image
Grilling grapes may sound crazy, but the smoky, blistered char they get from a few minutes on the fire gives them a… — Jonathan Miles Character Copy Share Image
Though we tend to reach for the bacon or sausage, fish and eggs are a classic breakfast combination in many places around… — Jonathan Miles Around the world Copy Share Image
A banal poem is never more than a banal poem. A banal or trite lyric, however, can be - with the right… — Jonathan Miles Copy Share Image
A hot, deep bowl of venison chili is as close to manna from Heaven as you're likely to find in deer camp. — Jonathan Miles Copy Share Image
A mourning dove's beauty is an understated one: the colors of its feathers ranging through various shades of gray and drab violet,… — Jonathan Miles Beauty Copy Share Image
Think schnitzel, and you usually think veal or pork: pounded into tenderness, battered, and fried to a golden magnificence. — Jonathan Miles Food Copy Share Image
I first encountered fish jerky during a marlin tournament in Kona, Hawaii. It was steeped in the island flavors of ginger, soy,… — Jonathan Miles Copy Share Image
Great sauces are like an insurance policy for venison roasts, which can easily overcook or dry out. Beyond their ability to rescue,… — Jonathan Miles Copy Share Image
“I'm not sure the word "sorry" does anything justice. It's such a loose word isn't it? I mean how can one puny… — Jonathan Miles Apology Copy Share Image
For centuries, pates have been one of the greatest vehicles for wild game. But making a pate, which is nothing more than… — Jonathan Miles Food Copy Share Image
The booming popularity of alligator hunting, sparked by reality shows like the History Channel's 'Swamp People,' is easy to understand: It's an… — Jonathan Miles Adrenaline Copy Share Image
If you're trout fishing in the lochs of Scotland, your catch may end up like this: batter-crusted with that ubiquitous Scottish staple,… — Jonathan Miles Copy Share Image
“…wondering, not for the first time, if there was a kind of dark bliss built into dementia: an immunity from death and… — Jonathan Miles Death Copy Share Image
I was born in Cleveland, Ohio; raised primarily in Phoenix, Arizona; and, after running away from home in my teens to play… — Jonathan Miles Copy Share Image
The enemy of successful long-term freezing is air. When air meets food, dehydration occurs, leading to freezer burn. With delicate proteins like… — Jonathan Miles Copy Share Image
The James Brown we saw tended to be the James Brown we chose to see: as the caped crusader of funk and… — Jonathan Miles Copy Share Image
Wild geese have so much less fat than their domestic brethren that, as far as the kitchen is concerned, the two birds… — Jonathan Miles Copy Share Image
Vitello tonnato is a classic dish from Italy's Piedmont region that, frankly, sounds patently insane: veal slices dressed in a creamy sauce… — Jonathan Miles Brain Copy Share Image
