Urban Honking

Date: Wednesday, Dec 3, 2008 Time: 8:00 PM Mike Merrill Josh Berezin Jessica Roberts 63/1000: Budweiser 64/1000: Pelican India Pelican Ale MM: I brought Budweiser! Because you’re back in America. JB: I just opened a Pelican IPA. That is also highly American. In a different way. Which should we drink first? MM: Let’s enjoy the […]

Date: Wednesday, Dec 3, 2008 Time: 8:00 PM Mike Merrill Josh Berezin Jessica Roberts 63/1000: Budweiser 64/1000: Pelican India Pelican Ale MM: I brought Budweiser! Because you’re back in America. JB: I just opened a Pelican IPA. That is also highly American. In a different way. Which should we drink first? MM: Let’s enjoy the […]

Panic!! You’re off from work/school. Brother/mom/in-laws are coming into town tonight. The lines at your local, thieving Whole Foods are curling closer to the juice station every minute you procrastinate. Stage fright! This year, we too felt brief, unexpected pangs of indecision. Not because we don’t like fantasizing about food, but because we get so […]

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 to find an inch of empty space on our table. Which is cool of course, […]

Fusion cuisine usually results in strong feelings. Ours tends toward an itch to retch. Savagely gimmicky places like Thaitalian (both have noodles!) utilize the conciliatory application of different ethnic ingredients and technique frankly make us want to barf. On the other side, a happier, less pukey place, there are solid reinterpretations of one country’s food […]

Date: Tuesday, Nov 16, 2008 Time: 10:30 AM Mike Merrill Josh Berezin 62/1000: Mikkeller JB: Before we even drink this I want to comment on the “Beer Geek Breakfast” thing. It seems to unnecessarily limit the audience. It’s like having something that’s the “beer for moms.” That might help you a little bit with moms, […]

Date: Tuesday, Nov 16, 2008 Time: 10:30 AM Mike Merrill Josh Berezin 62/1000: Mikkeller JB: Before we even drink this I want to comment on the “Beer Geek Breakfast” thing. It seems to unnecessarily limit the audience. It’s like having something that’s the “beer for moms.” That might help you a little bit with moms, […]

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 the bean family-tree work double time to keep us going. Thing is, cooking dry beans […]

We were reminded how much we believe in getting to know your local beer-monger this week when we came home from shopping with a cardboard box of beer and this bottle of 13th Century Grut on top for tasting. We tend to think of that client-customer relationship much like that of Vincent Vega and his […]

In our war room-esque planning meetings “Event Number 2,” what we had unceremoniously anointed the 8 course-tasting menu for 60 people, was all about timing. At a predetermined time half of our 10 person crew and one of us would sever from the casual nuptial party, jet to the second location, and establish the scene […]