Awesome Blossoms

After the haze of another thanksgiving wore off, we found ourselves at the farmer's market with little drive to buy anything but green vegetables. Not knowing until later, when drunk on the Internet, that our little score of zucchini blossoms were literally …

The Wild Dog

If the Good Doctor -- upon burning through Baker and Barstow and pulling to the side of the desert highway to take a gibbering inventory of the drugs and booze -- had not counted two quarts of Wild Turkey bourbon, but rather two bottles of this Wild Dog porter, …

A Hot Knives Thanksgiving

Shazzzam! Our favorite food holiday is all up on us, and we're getting hungry. The tradition around our homes the last few years has been what can only be described as Orphan Thanksgiving. (In Portland, we hear they celebrate something similar called …

Recent Lactic Combo

After a recent trip to the always epic Cheesestore of Silver lake, we found ourselves gorging on a really ripping cheese plate. If you have the means we highly recommend picking up any of the following lactic lords.

l'Alt Urgell y la Cerdanya (Urgelia for …

Riding the Ghost Chile

Just last year, some mad hot pepper professor stumbled upon the Bhut Jholokia, now nicknamed the ghost chile. Subsequent lab tests have revealed that the little fucker is officially the hottest chile pepper in the world -- nearly double the amount of "Scovile …

Hop Nouveau

As a point of order, it's important to note that now is the time of year when the weakest of wines will have its day. If its youthful booze you're looking for, turn your eyes away from tired Beaujolais and pick up a wet hopped IPA.

When it comes to IPA's we …

Sass Squash

Here comes the comfort food, and unfortunately, that means a lot of mashed potatoes are about to be all up in our face. We like taters and all, but honestly, if you open a restaurant and all you can come up with for your dinner menu is garlic blue cheese mashed …

Sass Squash

Here comes the comfort food, and unfortunately, that means a lot of mashed potatoes are about to be all up in our face. We like taters and all, but honestly, if you open a restaurant and all you can come up with for your dinner menu is garlic blue cheese mashed …