Urban Honking

Cold drink of water, such a sweet surprise, put a smile to your face 10-miles wide… Whoawwwww! Tonight we buckled down with some fresh groceries and even fresher ideas for the May wedding we’re catering for our friends Matt and Laura. It’s the first training session of many. And the results were kickin’. So kicking […]

At the premier performance of the cataclysmically cool collaboration of Bodycity and Glasser, we happened upon the perfect accompaniment to outdoor fire-cooking: Norwegian Wood. Not to be confused with blond Viking fuel for fire, this ale is mahogany colored gas for the grill master. Like many of the boutique ales coming out of the Nordic […]

There are two kinds of weekend breakfasts: the kind where you’re either up late enough, or hungover enough, that garlicky guacamole sounds A-OK, and the kind where you have to make do with a slice of avocado and a couple twists of black pepper. This past weekend we fell somewhere in between. We wanted morning […]

In the spirit of the first weeks of spring, that seasonal shred of time that all locavores, even us in L.A. share, here comes the asparagus. It’s crack to Barbara Kingsolver and we agree. Here we nearly sliced the spears spider web thin and dressed ’em down for a cold salad. Chilled Asparagus Salad (Serves […]

Date: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 Time: 8:45 PM Location: Belgian Embassy Mike Merrill (paying) Josh Berezin Marcus Estes 58/1000 Goliath ME: All of our beers are Belgian, so the things we’ll say about all of them: There’s a heavy load of wheat. A grain. All these beers have that in common. They ferment in a […]

Date: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 Time: 8:45 PM Location: Belgian Embassy Mike Merrill (paying) Josh Berezin Marcus Estes 58/1000 Goliath ME: All of our beers are Belgian, so the things we’ll say about all of them: There’s a heavy load of wheat. A grain. All these beers have that in common. They ferment in a […]

Sometimes kooky fusion combos are better, more soulful, when improvised on the spot rather than pre-meditated. This one was borne from us being too tired, lazy, brain-dead and starving on a weekday night to be pithy or political with our pairings. Falatkas are, you guessed it, a cross between falafel and latkes. Shredded potato and […]

Date: Tuesday, February 21, 2008 Time: 9:30 PM Location: Hedge House Mike Merrill Josh Berezin (paying) JB: We are about to drink a “flight” of eight New Old Lompoc beers. Can you feel the excitement? MM: Yes. JB: Where should we start? Wasn’t there a 5%? Ah, Golden Ale. 50/1000: Fool’s Golden Ale, by New […]

Date: Tuesday, February 21, 2008 Time: 9:30 PM Location: Hedge House Mike Merrill Josh Berezin (paying) JB: We are about to drink a “flight” of eight New Old Lompoc beers. Can you feel the excitement? MM: Yes. JB: Where should we start? Wasn’t there a 5%? Ah, Golden Ale. 50/1000: Fool’s Golden Ale, by New […]

At its inception, Imperial Stout was a savage concoction. The Russian Czars’ thirst for stouts could not be quenched and English and Irish producers couldn’t produce beer that would survive the brutal cold of a month long trip to St. Petersburg. Their answer was a beer that could withstand any voyage; a brew so high […]