Category Archives: Gastronomy

Marvel at our sugar galaxy with its cracked nutmeg orb, clove and peppercorn moons, anise stars and wispy blood-orange winds. So goddamn beautiful we can barely bring ourselves to bring the first bite of pancake to our mouth. Yeah, this … Continue reading →

Come late January, we’ll occasionally perk our ears to talk of “super bowl this, super bowl that.” It has something to do with sports, that much we get (we’re not aware of any games) but more importantly, it’s become a … Continue reading →

Cold winter months are for hibernating. And marinating. And mascerating, reconstituting, leavening, braising…We spend so much time hunkered down in our kitchens during winter we sometimes forget to exercise at all. (Unless flexing our abdomens on the way to the … Continue reading →

Having no god and preferring few gifts, all we have is food when it comes to the holy days of winter. And so we tend to rev our ovens with reckless abandon. But if there’s just one complaint we have … Continue reading →

The way we remember our first misadventures with amateur homebrewing back in college – it was fun but lacking in results. Steering Alex’s Saturn toward rural Riverside on a weekday morning after loading up on black coffee and death rock … Continue reading →

Of all the scandals we’ve studied in our country’s history, this is by far the tangiest. Stone Brewing Co. has sold thousands upon thousands of glass jars of spicy mustards mixed with their delicious beer. Whether stouts, ales, or IPAs, … Continue reading →

If hummus is a vegetarian cliché, the grilled Portobello mushroom is a downright crutch. The ultimate ‘wedding meal vegetarian entrée’ let-down! Both veggie and carnivore chefs alike fuck it up: wash it, throw it on a grill for marks, and … Continue reading →

One of the great culinary inventions is also one of the dumbest vegetarian cliches: hummus or hommos. Either way hummus translates simply to “chick peas,” or garbanzos, the bean from which its typically birthed. An eminent spread that depends on … Continue reading →