Monthly Archives: October 2009

Number 9, Number 9…

Posted on October 31, 2009 by Hot Knives

If you’ve never heard the infamous, backward, demonic tape loops that supposedly told Charles Manson to “rise up” and catalyze the race war by killing Angelenos, what are you waiting for? It’s a revelation alright! The birth of sampling, creepy … Continue reading →

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How to Kraut

Posted on October 27, 2009 by Hot Knives

File this one under ‘old world magic.’ Sauerkraut is nothing short of vegetable wonder tonic. But unlike kombucha, 100-year-old sourdough start, or psychotropic mushrooms, sauerkraut takes just a couple minutes to make and costs literally less than dirt. We never … Continue reading →

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Citrus Y Cebollas

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Hot Knives

It’s both amazing and bizzarre that in L.A., the land that birthed the burger, one of the most pervasive street foods consists of a simple plastic bag, brimming with fruit. Where else but east of the La Brea dividing line, … Continue reading →

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Hot Chips

Posted on October 14, 2009 by Hot Knives

There’s nothing wrong with potato chips in a bag. Except, we guess, their temperature: they are cold. Chips, like anything fried, are better hot. This is a scientific fact. With that in mind, we decided to offer freshly made, hand-cut … Continue reading →

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Over the Top!

Posted on October 7, 2009 by Hot Knives

Our kitchen reeks of fermenty cabbage and biceps ache just from watching the arm jousting this weekend. But it was all vurth it — The first ever ‘Over the Top Oktoberfest’ vas wunderbar. The weather obliged: 75 degrees and sunny, … Continue reading →

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Fat Lips

Posted on October 4, 2009 by Hot Knives

In the beginning of our love affair with suds, the known universe was limited to whatever our shoulder tapping foraging produced. Back then most of our decision making was determined by whatever 12 packs were stacked high with $8.99 price … Continue reading →

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Krautfest 2009

Posted on October 2, 2009 by Hot Knives

In Deutschland, Oktoberfest starts off with a bang: At noon on the festival’s opening day, the reigning mayor of Munich taps the first keg and officially proclaims ‘It is tapped,” over a 12-gun salute and the “beer corpses” start piling … Continue reading →

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