Category Archives: Gastronomy

WHAT: “Lust For Leaf,” the cookbook formerly known as “Spring Blaze.” 70 + vegetarian and vegan recipes spread out over 128 explosive pages. This is the only cookbook you’ll find with chapters called “Bro-tein” and “BBQ Mosh Pit,” or filled … Continue reading →

On Easters past, we’ve partied with Jesus. And we’ve partied as Jesus. This Easter we became fixated with how to make a meaty lamb fake-out so we could dress it up in mint sauce. (You know us, fake meat usually … Continue reading →

If you don’t have a cast iron pan that you cling to like your first stuffed animal, consider why not and figure out a solution. Sure, you can use a regular sauté pan or skillet, but it just wont be … Continue reading →

It has been more than a year – if you can believe it — since your loyal beer geeks sat down deliberatively to hold forth on the merits or sad shortcomings of a given beer. That’s right, we’ve kinda stopped … Continue reading →

Mmmmm mmmmm. Napalm in the morning. That aptly describes the flavor of the recipe you’re looking at. But it’s also the smell of victory we found ourselves huffing lustily on a given Sunday last month, when we bombarded four competitors … Continue reading →

Attention colleagues. This year’s holiday party will be held at Eagle Rock Brewery and attendance is mandatory. The CEO has done away with the raffle prizes, but refreshments will be served. Because nothing says Baby Jesus like a congregation of … Continue reading →

Our national feast is upon us. Time to baste ourselves in real and fake butter fat. So grab your feather headdress and your pilgrim hat. (We like to tuck Kleenex in our sweater cuffs like colonial douchebags.) This year, Evan … Continue reading →

Earlier this month we were asked to do a stint as judges of a contest — one we did not immediately feel well-qualified for: The Best Vegan Mac & Cheese Showdown. At first we gently protested to the contest’s mastermind, … Continue reading →

In honor of LA Beer Week, we scooped up the limited “2 bottles per visit” of Unity, the official brew by Eagle Rock Brewery. At 3.25% alcohol, this Berliner Rye made with prickly pear tastes like… well, why type it … Continue reading →

As the final spurts of a nationwide heat wave jerk to a close and the Grand Old Party’s party spoiler dissipates into overdue drinks for parched mid-west plains, another summer slumps its way into limbo. There’s a gap, you see, … Continue reading →