Holy Mole, Choco-Tomatoes

New Year's Eve eats at the Hot Knives hearth means stuff you can easily dip or grab in between sweaty, whiskey-spitzed brit-dance hits and afro-beat freak-out jams where every partygoer in the house grabs a metal bowl and slotted spoon and starts banging. …

Nog-Champa

Eggs, cream and rum are a tricky equation and can make for a dangerous proposition. It's like volunteering to bring a hollandaise sauce to a potluck. But done well, warm, spiced liquor can be the ultimate crowd pleaser. We kept this in mind a few weeks ago …

LA Grand Crew: Road to Joy

"65 bike riders, 10 dollars, 6 freeway overpasses, 4 beer stores, 3 winter warmers, 3 kinds of hot nuts and a partridge in a pear tree." Coal and whips be damned, we have begotten enough resounding joy from this weekend's second annual LA Grand Crew to last …

LA Grand Crew '08 Rolls Out!

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Holy Christ! It's like Christmas Eve here at Hot Knives HQ because our second annual LA Grand Crew beer-bike ride goes down tomorrow. Tomorrow! We have oak barrel fairies dancing in our heads.

WARNING WARNING: The after-party booked up days …

Ramirez Liquor

Where exactly the tip came from, we don't remember. But a few long blocks from Mariachi Plaza, on a potholed stretch between 7th Street and Whitter Blvd. in East Los Angeles, there's an impressive tequila wonderland that more than minors in beer. Just look …

Act Now!

We're 5 days away from the second coming of LA Grand Crew...

According to the weather service, the rain will be gone in two days time, meaning Saturday will be a sweet and swell day for biking and merrymaking: sunny skies, clean streets and a pack of 40 …

The Recession Porter

As the stock market ping-pongs lamely around this season and the financial doom-and-gloom casts shadows even on a good old fashioned night of heavy drinking, we see but one quick fix: beer that's strong, dark and cheap. Easier said then done, right? Some …

LA Grand Crew '08

What happened, where did the time go? It's been nearly 18 months since the smashing, first-ever annual LA Grand Crew beer-bike ride and we at Hot Knives HQ completely slacked on organizing our second event. But we've got it together now. We've really done …

Post-Thanks

Freshly arisen from a snoozed-out weekend, we dug through the video snippets of our Thanksgiving meal and smooshed 'em together like a leftover cranberry and mash sammich. Like most years, we cooked all day, but instead of setting our own table this time we …