Depression-era America needed cheery dishware, and Fiesta's durable cups, plates, and bowls have been eagerly collected almost ever since. Its West Virginia manufacturer now introduces a new color every year — adding "Daffodil" in 2017. Buy it at Amazon.
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Stanley has been making hand tools since 1843, and the company's 25-foot tape measure still sets the standard. Sized up against 16 rivals in a recent test, it delivered "the best basic combination of durability, ease of use, and accuracy." Buy it at Amazon.
This small-batch Kentucky-made bourbon was named 2017's Whiskey of the Year by Jim Murray's Whisky Bible, which described the spirit's finish as "a slow, lightly oiled, gently spiced chocolate fade." Buy it at Buffalo Trace Distillery.
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