"Cooking"
May 1988: Bobby Flay Didn't Get Started This Way
Year before Food TV was ever dreamed of, we were offering culinary tips of our own to readers. For the May '88 issue, we rounded up a bunch of cheapy 12-volt appliances (most of which barely worked), bought some grub at the supermarket, and headed out to a local park with a pair of Nissan Pathfinders to prove what lousy camp chefs we were. Readers who ignored the staged "What's Wrong With This Picture?" photo got some pretty cool insights from the late Granville King on making the most of their rigs' 12-volt power. And nowadays, we call out for pizza instead.
"Paintball"
March 1991: The Ultimate Argument for Gun Control
Some people simply shouldn't be let near a loaded weapon. That wasn't the point we intended to prove (if there ever was one) when we donned camo and goggles, and spent a day wheeling at a Riverside County paintball park. Ostensibly intended as a Wrangler-Samurai comparo test, the outing soon devolved into a paint-spattered melee as our gang of editors tried to outdo themselves competing for top honors at the Plaxico Burress School of Marksmanship---and not long afterward, we decided we'd be better off sticking to writing about new 4x4s instead of shooting at them. This might've been the dopiest trail test we've ever conducted, but it was a heckuva lot of fun.