Recipes: February 2007 Archives

If you’re vegan, chances are you know this great neighborhood place that makes exactly what you like in a sandwich. And when you’re visiting friends in other cities you base your entire visit around this one insane food stand where you can get veggie chicken drum sticks made to order and, and, and…

We are sympathetic to the great vegan plight, of course: Very few places understand and cater to your dietary aesthetic, right? But as rad as we think it is that you can get vegan BBQ in most dorky Midwest cities nowadays, there’s a problem here, people. Every time one of these cookie cutter vegan fast food chains opens up, a good cook loses his/her wings. We like fake chicken burgers with avocado as much as the next vegetarian, but come on?

So without getting too preachy (too late) we at Hot Knives would like to unveil a new section at our own little, centrally located blog. It’s called “No Drive-thru” and we like to think of it as an overly indulgent, deconstructionist, po-mo take on vegan fast food — more of a creative idea sketch pad than cookbook fodder — and rather than stuffing it in a bag, we’re putting it on China plates. So without further ado, our first No Drive-thru recipe: Our take on the great pillar of fast food, In and Out Burger's animal style fries...