Tag Archives: Veeegs

File this under fashionably late. A few weeks ago, when Peach season was in its final throes, Alex’s habañero plant was blossoming out of control. This left us, and those we love and live with, in a state of simultaneous … Continue reading →

As much as you’ll hear us brag that we never fall ill (largely due to copious amounts of garlic, onions and vitamin C) we do — once in a blue moon — get sick. And yes, we have chased the … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →

Last week, after a leisurely French breakfast of pastries, pastis and a mushroom duxelles omelette with fries, we strolled the grounds of the famed Santa Monica farmers market like hunters and gatherers on an a.m. liquor buzz. Predictably the mushroom … Continue reading →

Since the city is still inordinately hot due to it’s smoldering reality, we’ve been more than a little averse to turning on the oven. The mere though of cooking anything, while usually a welcome and blissful notion this week seems … Continue reading →

Cookery is always about sharing, borrowing… yeah, even stealing. The first time we made seitan burgers we had no qualms lifting the recipe (more or less, give or take some smoked salt) from a more tested source. We flipped a … Continue reading →

Yeah. Pine needle juice. And with a little rye whisky… a pine sap-arac. On our recent U.S. National Forest expedition, Hot Knives broke a Golden Rule of camping and broke off a piece of nature to take with us. Relax, … Continue reading →