Tag Archives: Recipes

Hot Lasagna

Hard to believe but it’d been years (years!) since either of us had eaten, let alone crafted, a hot lasagna. Something about boiling those flat noodles and stuffing them with plain jane veggies seems a) mundane and b) inappropriate for … Continue reading

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Tommy Gun Tomatillos

This weekend, on a testosterone-heavy desert camping sojourn, our friend Spencer enlightened us regarding a high-school epiphany he once had: that Salsa Verde Doritos and a 20-ounce Coca-Cola are the “perfect combination” of flavors. We’re still not entirely sure what … Continue reading

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Hot Kniveçois

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: composed salads are probably our favorite thing to make, even more favored to eat. This one is a bit of a mish mash of components; but they all reconcile in your … Continue reading

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Holy Mole, Choco-Tomatoes

New Year’s Eve eats at the Hot Knives hearth means stuff you can easily dip or grab in between sweaty, whiskey-spitzed brit-dance hits and afro-beat freak-out jams where every partygoer in the house grabs a metal bowl and slotted spoon … Continue reading

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Stuff-ash with Cran-Beer Sauce

We prefer to roll deep when it comes to Thanksgiving menus. Mash and roasted root vegetables? No problem. Two different batches of stuffing? Why not? Seitan meatloaf wrapped in seitan bacon… sure, we’ve considered it. In fact, it is rare … Continue reading

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Weekend At Beany’s

The cooling final months of this intense and triumphant 2008 necessitate warm and hearty sustenance. In these tired economic times, one cheap and awesome go-to is always the bean and for us vegetarians the myriad mini legumes that make up … Continue reading

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‘Mag’ and Cheese

Hip, hip! Mornay! Getting new gigs is always nice. And for at least the next few months, until we cuss ourselves out of a job, we’ll be acting as recipe columnists for L.A.-based Swindle Magazine. Our first comes out this … Continue reading

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Smokin’ Leek Hash

This will not top the soup that quasi-inspired it, let’s get that outta the way right quick. That’d be the leek hash and pea soup with almond butter we had ladled for us tableside at Melisse in Santa Monica on … Continue reading

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Baked Nizz-Salad Cups

We did not pull this name outta nowhere: The Frogs sometimes refer to their national salad as Insalata Nizzarda, more popularly known as the nicoise. The mother of all deconstructed salads. The Foucault of lettuce. With its cold, charred peppers, … Continue reading

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S’mora Muhammara

One of us had our first taste of muhammara — the nutty pink paste of walnuts and charred bell peppers — on a dashing date with a gorgeous lady friend. The other one of us tried muhammara for the first … Continue reading

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