Korean-Inspired Pork Shoulder
Isn’t It Time for Some Rich and Crispy Pork with an Easy Korean Style Dipping Sauce? Over the course of my life I have cooked a lot of pork shoulders/Boston butts. My whole family loves this cut of pork, and it’s pretty darned hard to screw up one of these. But as the years have […]
Kimchi-Inspired Perilla Leaves
These Marinated Herbal Leaves Really Elevate a Plain Bowl of Rice. I don’t know if you’ve ever tasted perilla leaves. They’re big leaves that taste similar to mint and basil, but have a decidedly more intense and grassy flavor that also reminds me of deeply flavored spices. I bought these for the first time a […]
Cheddar Pie with Kimchi and Chinese Sausage
An Unusual and Very Tasty Twist on the Classic Cheese Pie. I’ve been using the kimchi I made in quite a few recipes and here’s one of my favorites. I added it to a creamy cheddar pie to which I also added sliced Lap Cheong – Chinese sausage *. If you’ve never eaten this sausage, […]
Pork and Black Garlic Dumplings
Homemade Dumplings – So Much Better Than Store Bought. When it comes to dumplings, I’m a fan of most all I’ve ever tasted. Some are better than others, but when it comes to putting together a quick meal, nothing is faster than having a pre-made bag of frozen dumplings on hand. As handy as those […]
Blood Orange Salad with Soy and Sesame Dressing
A Salad This Gorgeous Doesn’t Have to Be Difficult. Before I talk about this recipe, I want to let you all know that as of today, I will be including a video of my preparing each recipe in my posts. I’ve been encouraged by the responses to my videos that I’ve been posting independently and […]
Pork Noodle Bowl with Umami Sauce
Now Here is a Bowl of Noodles I Fully Support. Kenji Lopez is a favorite of mine and I came upon a recipe for his take on XO sauce in his new cookbook The Wok *. He calls it Umami Sauce because it doesn’t have the requisite dried scallops and shrimps, called for in typical […]
2-Way Cabbage Salad
Roasted and Raw Cabbage in a Salad? Oh, Yeah. And It’s a Beauty. Now, this is a noteworthy salad. I ran into a recipe from Ixta Belfrage for a salad in which Napa cabbage was used and part of it was roasted. While I loved the idea, I went in a completely different direction for […]