October 2008
OctoberOct 30 Thursday 08
Wed Dreams II: The Dinner
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 …
OctoberOct 25 Saturday 08
Wed Dreams: The Reception
Tom met Andy nearly 20 years ago. They're both vegetarians and practicing Buddhists. Both sweet guys with good taste. Tom and Andy met the Hot Knives blog about 2 months ago when they wrote to us about catering their wedding. We sat down for wine and menu …
OctoberOct 22 Wednesday 08
Old PAs
Cave-aged IPAs? OK, it's not doctor recommended, kid-tested or mother approved. Most brew hoarders go by the eenie-meanie-miney-mo-if-its-hoppy-let-it-go mantra, so they only age high-alcohol beers. And we're sure there's some scientific sense in that. But we …
OctoberOct 17 Friday 08
Cracking The Beercave
Trumpets please. Ahem. One year and a half after we first birthed this cacamamy scheme to cellar some of our beer purchases, our "Beer Cave" is finally mature (give or take a few repeat bottles, which will come in handy for taste-offs). That's right, our …
OctoberOct 8 Wednesday 08
Smokin' Leek Hash
This will not top the soup that quasi-inspired it, let's get that outta the way right quick. That'd be the leek hash and pea soup with almond butter we had ladled for us tableside at Melisse in Santa Monica on a recent spat of pricey visits that we made for …
OctoberOct 7 Tuesday 08
S'mora Muhammara
One of us had our first taste of muhammara -- the nutty pink paste of walnuts and charred bell peppers -- on a dashing date with a gorgeous lady friend. The other one of us tried muhammara for the first time just two hours later eating take-out remnants from …
Baked Nizz-Salad Cups
We did not pull this name outta nowhere: The Frogs sometimes refer to their national salad as Insalata Nizzarda, more popularly known as the nicoise. The mother of all deconstructed salads. The Foucault of lettuce. With its cold, charred peppers, slim haricot …