Haps Thanks: A Last Minute Primer

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, …

Stuff-ash with Cran-Beer Sauce

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 …

Stone... Again!

It's been two and a half years now, since we first played hooky from jobs and hightailed it south on the I-5 to tour the still-squeaky-new brewery and bistro at Stone Brewing in Escondido. That was our man-cation in the vein of the movie "Sideways" but not …

Mr. Sparkle

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 …

Weekend At Beany's

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 …

'Mag' and Cheese

Hip, hip! Mornay! Getting new gigs is always nice. And for at least the next few months, until we cuss ourselves out of a job, we'll be acting as recipe columnists for L.A.-based Swindle Magazine. Our first comes out this month in their 'Icons' issue, where …

Massage Ale

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 …