Monthly Archives: June 2009

Pickle Play: Part II

When we arrived on the scene of our most recent public endeavor – an open-house reception and arts and crafts orgy at the historic Schindler House, where Hot Knives was given its own geodesic dome tent – we couldn’t refrain … Continue reading

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Extra High Life

Until we drank this beer, the words “extra high” had no special meaning really. At least as far as beer and beyond our extended gravity bong phase in college. But “extra high” is, in fact, what the gold foil letters … Continue reading

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Pickle Play: Part I

When local artmaker Fritz Haeg asked Hot Knives to be part of his upcoming book launch, we just figured we’d do our quasi-catering thang (which entails setting the bar low with the whole ‘we’re bloggers, not caterers’ vibe and then … Continue reading

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Power Breakfast

Breakfast for vegetarians can often become the perfect pipeline for the over-processed. Faux chorizo, soy turkey sausage, and other forms of soy-plastic sodium bombs. The joy of chewy mixed meat and snappy bacon was the first thing found by many … Continue reading

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Nuts For Beer Fest

The air was stale and hot, lines were long, and at one point we thought it might actually never end. Yes, there was a certain undeniable Hieronymus Bosch-like quality to the recent Craft Beer Fest L.A. that Hot Knives helped … Continue reading

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White Sage Whip

This is undoubtedly the only recipe we have ever developed with a church potluck in mind. Our favorite local brewer, Mark Jilg, the mad man (in a good way) behind Craftsman Brewing in Pasadena was hosting the annual fundraiser for … Continue reading

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