Whenever I dine at a Korean restaurant I never fail to order seafood pancake or haemul jeon, chunks of shrimp, squid and the odd bell pepper or green onion nestled in a tasty, savory cushion of a pancake. So when I received a copy of...
I can't believe it's only 3 weeks to Thanksgiving. My husband and I will be celebrating our first Thanksgiving in California but my whole family--parents, sister, and brother with his wife and two boys in tow--is driving down from Seattle to pay us a visit in Pacific Grove. It'll...
Last Labor Day weekend, 60,000 people converged on beautiful San Francisco to attend Slow Food Nation. I was one of them, except I was working behind the scenes at the Taste Pavilions, at of all places, the pickles and chutney booth! The 50,000 square foot pier at Fort...
For everyone who has been waiting with bated breath for the oyster kimchi recipe, here it is! Enjoy it alone or in bibimbap. Korean Mixed Rice (Bibimbap) This homestyle Korean dish literally means to stir (bibim) cooked rice (bap). There are two different ways to serve...
I never thought I had it in me. I buy kimchi. I eat kimchi. But I never imagined I would one day make kimchi. Not only did I make kimchi, I made 2 different types of kimchi-this one with Chinese cabbage and another with oysters (recipe coming)! If...
There is a popular Chinese saying: "There is nothing more delicious than jiaozi." Such an accolade no doubt points to the popularity of the simple Chinese dumpling. (Chinese dumplings come in many shapes and sizes but the most common are jiaozi and guotieh. They're essentially the...
When I first started working on my cookbook, I really didn't know what to expect. I was lucky enough to have a brief chat with Grace Young at the 2007 IACP conference in Chicago. The author of two family-based cookbooks, Grace gave me a behind-the-scenes overview of...
Cold cucumber salad, or liang ban huang gua in Mandarin, makes for a delightful plate of pickles to start off any meal. My friend Lynn Chang's mother, Li, says her family's original recipe used ginger sugar syrup but because it's not readily available, maple syrup is...
I'm talking about juicy, succulent, shrimp! (Shame on you if you were thinking otherwise.) Before I give you my fried shrimp rolls recipe (adapted from a version my friend Carol's mom fed me), I thought a shrimp tutorial might be useful. Now, I've always thought shrimp is shrimp. You head...
My friends tease me that I like to say words in pairs ...
