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Flipping through The Manual: Cast-iron cooking, a portable wood stove

Burned out on apps, keyboards, and screens? Improve your analog life this weekend! Digital Trends’ brother site The Manual exists to give men straight-up advice, from unspoken suit rules you need to know to the latest in fashion, food, drink, travel, grooming, and culture. Here are a few of our favorite stories to appear on The Manual lately.

Trekking: The Frontier Plus is the wood stove we’ve been waiting for

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Practicality is rarely as portable as it is with the Frontier Plus camp stove. Not only does the wood-burning device break down for easy transport, but it allows you to control the temperature and cooking heat when fully assembled.

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Boozing on a budget? Here are the best whiskies under 20 bucks

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We’ve gone through all the trouble of taste-testing some of the cheapest bottles you can get, and have put together this list of the best ones for your perusal. You’re welcome.

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Miller High Life teams with Stock Mfg. Co. for capsule collection and NY pop-up

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“We already had High Life on tap in our shop long before we ever started working on this project!”

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A quick guide to cooking with cast iron

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 Cast iron cookware company FINEX was kind enough to share a few pieces of advice to help us better understand how to cook with cast iron.

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Beard + Sea gives beardcare a fresh new scent

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“Every beard care product we make is meant to draw inspiration from the cooling and refreshing nature of the sea,” says creator Jon Richards

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Thousands go barefoot for the shoeless

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In an effort to raise awareness of shoelessness, Soles4Souls has organized the #Barefoot4Them campaign.

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