You may be married to one. Your best friend may be one. You may even unknowingly be nurturing one at home. My point is: I’m sure everyone knows at least one meat-loving carnivore, someone who frowns at a meal sans meat and/or shuns anything remotely...
At the start of the summer grilling season, I never fail to recall childhood backyard barbecues when the adults swilled cold beer and we children devoured sweet, fresh watermelon, juice dripping down our chins. Instead of the ribs and hamburgers that were de rigueur in 1980s America...
A very important person once said, “You can’t argue with taste.” This V.I.P. happens to be my dad. He'd make this declaration while pouring kecap manis (Indonesian sweet soy sauce, literally “sweet sauce”) over whatever food was on his plate, be it fried noodles (normal)...
I’m a peanut sauce convert. There I said it. It’s true, I never liked peanut sauce. It probably has to do with the fact that my mom always served peanut sauce with boiled vegetables, i.e. the popular Indonesian dish gado- gado. C’mon, do boiled vegetables sound appetizing...
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...
Cathy Chun stir-frying vegetables to use with her dad's black bean sauce recipe Not everyone grew up on the tasty goodness of mom's or grandma's cooking. Cathy Chun is a valid case in point. Her late father, David Chun, reined in the kitchen. And everyone, including Cathy's mom,...
Once thanksgiving has come and gone, and the food coma has dissipated (hopefully!), one is faced with the next big thing--leftovers. Who doesn't love turkey leftovers? I do! But having overdosed on one too many turkey sandwiches and turkey tetrazzinis, I'm looking for a turkey leftover makeover. My solution? Reincarnate the turkey in Asian-style dishes. Just...
