http://www.urbanhonking.com/digest/ Copyright 2008 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 11:46:22 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.33 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Taco Burger from Mike Merrill on Vimeo. Some pictures on Flickr (with images of the finished product). More thoughts on this at KmikeyM.... http://www.urbanhonking.com/digest/archives/2007/11/taco_burger.html http://www.urbanhonking.com/digest/archives/2007/11/taco_burger.html Tue, 06 Nov 2007 11:46:22 -0800 A special notice from Junior Ambassador's: Good Day Sweet Awesomes! Freshly churned homemade ice cream, just like i wish my grandpa used to make. VANILLA BEAN topped with fresh Peaches or Blackberries from the Farmers MarketCHOCOLATE CAYENNE...a sweet and spicy... http://www.urbanhonking.com/digest/archives/2007/08/flavors_this_we.html http://www.urbanhonking.com/digest/archives/2007/08/flavors_this_we.html Fri, 31 Aug 2007 13:45:46 -0800 On Thursday, I checked out the grand re-opening of the Gotham Building Tavern (2240 N. Interstate Ave.), which has been around for a while but just recently came under new ownership. Reviewers of the Gotham Building Tavern always take... http://www.urbanhonking.com/digest/archives/2007/08/gotham_building.html http://www.urbanhonking.com/digest/archives/2007/08/gotham_building.html Review Sat, 11 Aug 2007 10:14:59 -0800 WARNING: secretly giving Pepsi to a loyal Coke drinker may result in violent behavior. So we heard about this new Pepsi flavor coming out in Japan called Cucumber Pepsi. It's the sort of drink they will never release in these... http://www.urbanhonking.com/digest/archives/2007/07/a_loyal_coke_dr.html http://www.urbanhonking.com/digest/archives/2007/07/a_loyal_coke_dr.html Wed, 18 Jul 2007 12:06:30 -0800 Yep, it's July, and that means it's time to take my monthly trip to Sweet Tomatoes. It being the middle of summer it's the perfectly appropriate All-American BBQ month! Initially when I was told that the monthly theme was BBQ... http://www.urbanhonking.com/digest/archives/2007/07/all_american_bb.html http://www.urbanhonking.com/digest/archives/2007/07/all_american_bb.html Sun, 15 Jul 2007 14:56:19 -0800 Greetings from Los Angeles! Where Hot Knives are knee-deep in summer picnic season. Lately all of our recipe posts have been fixated on barbecues, pool potlucks and picnic fare. But the simple truth is that none of it —... http://www.urbanhonking.com/digest/archives/2007/07/beach_blanket_b.html http://www.urbanhonking.com/digest/archives/2007/07/beach_blanket_b.html Recipes Sat, 14 Jul 2007 13:00:51 -0800 Doritos X-13D Flavor Experiment is an impressive effort and a fun chip-tasting exercise. Much like Kettle's test-flavor packs, Doritos has created a new flavor of chip, but rather than let 'the people' choose which flavor to keep, Doritos has released... http://www.urbanhonking.com/digest/archives/2007/06/x13d_doritos_1.html http://www.urbanhonking.com/digest/archives/2007/06/x13d_doritos_1.html Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:10:37 -0800 At the risk of jeopardizing our vegetarian credentials we just had to chronicle a recent cooking demonstration we sat in on last weekend at the annual Bug Fair at the Los Angeles Natural History Museum. The weekend insect festival... http://www.urbanhonking.com/digest/archives/2007/05/buggin_out.html http://www.urbanhonking.com/digest/archives/2007/05/buggin_out.html Competition Fri, 25 May 2007 11:17:42 -0800 This is a like-minded post, relating to a series we (Hot Knives) are doing on our blog about the best beer stores on our drunken radar. While we certainly won’t be biking to P-town on our upcoming Great L.A.... http://www.urbanhonking.com/digest/archives/2007/05/belmont_station.html http://www.urbanhonking.com/digest/archives/2007/05/belmont_station.html Profile Sat, 19 May 2007 12:46:18 -0800 You may remember a Hot Knives post from back in February when we competed in one of the most amazing cooking contests there is: the 4th 2nd Annual Grilled Cheese Invitational. Well, our good buddy Drew, who is currently... http://www.urbanhonking.com/digest/archives/2007/05/grilled_cheeseu.html http://www.urbanhonking.com/digest/archives/2007/05/grilled_cheeseu.html Competition Fri, 11 May 2007 07:07:00 -0800 The Hot Knives (in LA) interview Joel Domreis of Courier Coffee (PDX). Hot Coffee on Vimeo There is a print interview with Joel Domreis on BikePortland which links a Willamette Week article that labels Joel a “purist”, a Portland blogger... http://www.urbanhonking.com/digest/archives/2007/04/hot_coffee.html http://www.urbanhonking.com/digest/archives/2007/04/hot_coffee.html Tue, 17 Apr 2007 14:16:27 -0800 File this under “travel writing.” One of us recently drove the California coast in a semi-monthly pilgrimage to Cambria to see family. The stretch of rocky beach north of Santa Barbara, from Pismo Beach to Monterey, is earth magic. The... http://www.urbanhonking.com/digest/archives/2007/04/seashore_buns.html http://www.urbanhonking.com/digest/archives/2007/04/seashore_buns.html Travel Mon, 16 Apr 2007 13:28:38 -0800 On July 5th, 2006 I wrote about an epic conflict between Lemon and Pineapple. On that day it was clear that Lemon was the winner. But much can happen in the span of nine months, and so today the... http://www.urbanhonking.com/digest/archives/2007/04/lemon_vs_lemon.html http://www.urbanhonking.com/digest/archives/2007/04/lemon_vs_lemon.html Tue, 10 Apr 2007 11:19:24 -0800 Following the advice of local vegan warriors Food Fight, we spent today's lunchtime scopin' out the latest addition to Portland's veg-friendly mobile cart restaurant scene, Veggielicious. When I say "latest addition," I mean it: this spot just opened its... http://www.urbanhonking.com/digest/archives/2007/04/new_veggie_cart.html http://www.urbanhonking.com/digest/archives/2007/04/new_veggie_cart.html Business Wed, 04 Apr 2007 15:34:40 -0800 Contrary to popular opinion, Los Angeles does indeed have pizza. However, like most of our other natural resources (water, air, starfuckers) much of our pizza is foul. Not being ones to let sleeping stereotypes lie, the extended Hot Knives... http://www.urbanhonking.com/digest/archives/2007/03/team_pizza_la.html http://www.urbanhonking.com/digest/archives/2007/03/team_pizza_la.html Review Sat, 31 Mar 2007 09:06:14 -0800