Archive for April, 2007

Bulgogi on a bun

Monday, April 9th, 2007

Another bulgogi insight. I had some leftover bulgogi the other day, so I brushed a hot dog bun with peanut oil and toasted it in a pan, then spread the bun with kochujang (Korean hot sauce) and filled it with reheated bulgogi. I think this could be huge at the ballpark, and I’m already thinking […]

Recipes revisited

Friday, April 6th, 2007

Two minor updates to recipes I’ve published in the past. In the rhubarb crumble recipe, I called for “rhubarb, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch pieces”. There’s no need to peel rhubarb for this recipe. I don’t know why I thought you had to. Blame me for this, not Nigella. I’ve fixed the original post. As for this […]

Feeding a yen

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007

A couple weeks ago, I wandered into a new store in the basement of Westlake Center and into another world. The store is called Daiso, and it’s one of the few US locations of an enormous Japanese department store chain. They carry a wide variety of household products, most of which are identifiable to non-Japanese speakers. […]

Compote yourself

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007

Rhubarb season is at hand. Iris and I got some at Stillnovich Corner Produce at Pike Place Market last week. Stillnovich’s is my favorite rhubarb in town; they grow it on their own farm and sell it cheap, which is good, because I’m going to need a lot. After last year’s rhubarb crumble adventure, I swore […]

A conversation before dinner

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007

Iris: All my sweeties [stuffed animals] love beer. Me: Really? What’s their favorite kind? Iris: Kale ale.