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Kitchen Contraband

Posted on January 25, 2010 by Hot Knives

The other day we came home to a care package from a dear buddy who’s been traipsing through distant Chinese cities. We sliced through the wrinkled, brown-bag wrapping. Three small plastic baggies of nubby brown husks and fine orange powder … Continue reading →

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Booze Infused

Posted on January 14, 2009 by Hot Knives

Like discoveries in other experimental fields, the ones that happen in the kitchen are often rooted in mistakes. When way too many black peppercorns got dumped into hot oil for a pre-bean fry, it seemed they were lost. What to … Continue reading →

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Pistachio Hummus

Posted on August 9, 2008 by Hot Knives

Over the last week we’ve been experimenting with pickling and sprouting, two ways to make awesome components for whatever you like to eat. Techniques are still being formulated, so those recipes are forthcoming. With our first batch of pickled onions … Continue reading →

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Alex’s Weekly Workout

Posted on March 1, 2008 by Hot Knives

Parmigiano-Reggiano is an unyielding behemoth of a cheese. The eighty-eight pound monster you see above is two and a half years old, and took approximately 550 liters (145 gallons) of raw milk to produce. Portioning one of the Kings of … Continue reading →

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Liquid Smoke

Posted on January 29, 2008 by Hot Knives

After many successes and failures in beer cookery; we’ve determined what might just be the perfect cooking beer. Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier is a rustic brew with a long history of intensity. It’s one of the few remaining breweries to exclusively … 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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Riding the Ghost Chile

Posted on November 9, 2007 by Hot Knives

Just last year, some mad hot pepper professor stumbled upon the Bhut Jholokia, now nicknamed the ghost chile. Subsequent lab tests have revealed that the little fucker is officially the hottest chile pepper in the world — nearly double the … Continue reading →

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De-High Shrooms

Posted on April 5, 2007 by Hot Knives

Our first kitchen mentor, a bear of a man named Joe Parks who instructed us in the college mess hall, used to describe any sub par ingredient from the freezer saying ‘Not bad… for a frozen product.” It’s a mantra … Continue reading →

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Über Tubers

Posted on January 9, 2007 by Hot Knives

Fresh truffles are ridiculously expensive. The ones you are looking at go for $2000 per pound, approximately $350 each. Why in gods name would anyone pay so much for something that looks like a blonde dirt clod? What do they … Continue reading →

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Ketchy Centennial

Posted on January 7, 2007 by Hot Knives

For our third and final ketchup recipe we decided to take a step back in time. 101 years ago, a mysterious Sister Alice Trimmer sketched a formula for her cold catsup. Staying true to her words we “did not put … Continue reading →

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