Monthly Archives: December 2007

Sweet Rolls

Posted on December 29, 2007 by Hot Knives

In preparation for the morning after New Year’s Eve, we’ve been scouring our brains and books for something new and different. What we came up with was a newfangled application for an 80-year-old organism: Madam Yellott’s heirloom sourdough start. Meagan’s … Continue reading →

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Stufflets

Posted on December 26, 2007 by Hot Knives

We like to file this recipe adaptation under the ‘My-kid-just-went-vegetarian-what-do-we-make-for-Christmas-dinner?’ category. Because that’s exactly how we started making it. After all, back in the ’90s, before Food Network and Google booted the Joy of Cooking, the conundrum of cooking for … Continue reading →

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Beery Christmas

Posted on December 24, 2007 by Hot Knives

It is Christmas Eve, heathens. Time to make a chestnut fire, a batch of fresh bread and don wool socks. Of course, that can be a tall order if you have to, oh, say, work around the clock or spend … Continue reading →

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Belgian Onion Soup

Posted on December 19, 2007 by Hot Knives

There are few perceivable pillars of French cooking that are as widely and voraciously loved as scalding hot onion soup cloaked in a blistering layer of melted gruyere. Like many of the epic French dishes that cannonnize the cuisine of … Continue reading →

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The Sandwich Search

Posted on December 15, 2007 by Hot Knives

Our friends Ali and Evan who opened a bike-friendly, veggie-heavy café in Northeast Portland this summer recently asked us to develop the “ultimate vegan breakfast sandwich” for their expanding menu. The only requirements were that it be fairly easy and … Continue reading →

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Bad Mother

Posted on December 12, 2007 by Hot Knives

With any luck, Lake Sharp’s widely popular and totally informative vimeo has all you Hot Knives devotees bottling your own pro-biotic elixirs and feeling rad. For those of you that did, you probably have huge, intimidating fungi festering in cabinets … Continue reading →

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Apples on Apples

Posted on December 8, 2007 by Hot Knives

We are not known for luxurious deserts — it’s not our thing. We get too full to fast; we prefer savory salts, the occasional soft, ripe bloomy artisan French cheese, and hard after dinner liquors. We gorge on calories in … Continue reading →

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Headless Helper

Posted on December 5, 2007 by Hot Knives

There will always be central aspects of the holiday season that are total bummers. For some its traveling long distances crammed up against smelly strangers in a metal box impossibly cruising tens of thousands of feet above the surface of … Continue reading →

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Figgy Pudding & Grilled Fruits

Posted on December 1, 2007 by Hot Knives

Just like Thanksgiving, the December month is one long, beloved food holiday for us at Hot Knives, even though we typically try hard to disassociate our gluttonous chillin’ from any of the uncomfortable religious undertones. This year, we decided instead … Continue reading →

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