Fried Chicken
Just when you’ve exhausted your monthly spending, sometimes your friends show up on your doorstep with a hundred dollars of groceries. I don’t question it; I just welcome them in and tell them how...
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On Monday I met up with an old childhood friend. Wait – ‘old’ doesn’t sound quite right, but when you’ve known someone for about 20 years, what other descriptive word works? Over 20 years now! Woah!...
View ArticleKimchi Jigae
Last night I made kimchi jigae. It’s a Korean soup / stew and a good way to use up leftover (and overly sour) kimchi. I’ve made it before, but here is how I made it last night.Kimchi Jigae 2 T Sesame...
View ArticleKinnaree
Kinnaree is one of Lark Street’s newest restaurants, specializing in Thai & Korean fare. It’s in the same space as A Taste of Greece used to be (193 Lark St, Albany, NY), and I think they’ve...
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Oh David Chang, you are a genius. Project Kim Chee all started with this 2nd Edition of Lucky Peach magazine (brought to you by Chang & my other food crush, Anthony Bourdain). Chang’s got a...
View ArticleSam Won Gak
The last time I saw Yeh-Yeh was when he was in New York Hospital Queens in Flushing, NY. He had suffered some more mini strokes and had an NG tube in. He slept for most of the time I was there, and...
View ArticleYeh Yeh’s Funeral (The Way He’d Want It – Lots of Food)
Don’t Worry – this post is only contains pictures of the food we ate and written things we did for Yeh-Yeh’s funeral service. Albany John & I drove down for the service. My lovely sib-in-laws, Maka...
View ArticleSeoul Korean Restaurant
When the temperatures dip, I start craving hot, comforting foods. One especially frigid night, I went to Seoul Korean Restaurant in Peter Harris Plaza. The interior is pretty sparse so far, but...
View ArticleNYC Spa-tacular weekend
Albany John and I hopped the megabus down to Manhattan for the weekend this past Friday. Right now they are in the process of working out some kinks. Hopefully. We got to the Rensselear train station...
View ArticlePa Jun
One morning I found myself craving something carb-y, with a bit of chewy density, but the prep also needed to be fairly quick and easy. Scallion pancakes were out since the dough needs to rest, then...
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