Urban Honking

It’s unofficially the doldrums of summer, when things like job performance and precise maneuverings of time and space take back seat to the more important goals of porch sitting and pool seeking. And coming in a close third – cold beer sipping. Traditionally this activity should be done from an icy, sweating can. Alas, it’s […]

Consistent with our ingredient credo, when it comes to kitchen equipment we have a penchant for the finer things and a love for the thrifty. In our homes we have some pretty upper-middle-top-of-the-line items, as well as some that we found in chain stores, some second-hand. With few exceptions we love our instruments as much […]

Like in other walks of life, the young beer punk can be an insufferably snobby dolt, who swears by the harshest beers and flicks off more moderate brews. We know because that was us – still is, kinda. As underage beer geeks, we gave Ommegang ales like Hennepin the brush off. Back then the means […]

When we got knee-deep in the nitty gritty of planning how we were going to pull off our recent wedding catering gig, we quickly realized the difference between making some big-ass salads and nourishing a nuptial celebration: a proper wedding cake. Not being known for our sweet teeth, or sweet knives, we had to decide […]

While last summer was all about textured soy marinated in Miller High Life, this June grilling season has started off a little more au natural. We wanted to come up with some sort of vegan equivalent to that street vendor staple bell pepper and grilled onion smothered hot dogs wrapped in bacon. It all started […]

After a long hiatus from grains and greens we felt the need to clean out our closets and get back on the fiber horse. The heat of the summer and the impending peril of innumerable events, social obligations, and overtime often keep us from hearty meals. When time is of the essence, sometimes a snack […]

As we understand it, the tendency for Belgian beers to have Satanic names is something of a tradition. Amidst the aftermath of a 1919 no spirits in pubs law, brewing the liquid gold was brought out of the barns of Abbeys and into the realm of the secular. Perhaps to poke fun at the fathers […]

If this feels like a dejavu, don’t bother pinching yourself: you have seen this dish before, allbeit in different forms. Most recently, we came up with a take where tomato confit balanced delicately on a sliver of expertly carved hearts of palm. But the recipe you’re looking at here is what happens when a great […]

Two cute snippets of media loose ends to tie before we take an indefinite hiatus from blogging about cheese. We promise. As previously mentioned, Hot Knives performed a gooey, live demo art show presentation called “How To Be a Fucking Grilled Cheese Sandwich” to crunch-slurp… success last weekend. Framed as an inspirational/instructional guide for how […]

Meyer lemons, orange zest, grapefruit flesh. Naw, those aren’t the fruit slices we recommend dangling on the rim of this Belgian wit bier – they’re already deep down in there. That triumverate citrus haze of Blanche de Bruxelles makes it a perfect spr-ummer beer, for those confounding weeks where spring starts acting like summer, and […]