The hubster and I drove up to the wine country to meet up with my sister, brother-in-law, and nephew over Memorial Day weekend.  Then we all took a mini trip to Lake Tahoe together.  Lake Tahoe is where California and Nevada meet, and most people…

On our facebook fan page, I mentioned (with some frustration) that I have been diligently working on re-branding ideas for this website for the last couple weeks.  I know our site is called chefjulieyoon.com so if you’re a first-time reader, you probably expect to see…

Bleh.  This week, I was testing a couple recipes and they turned into flops.  Whenever this happens, I can literally hear a sad Charlie Brown trumpet in my head playing, “wah~wah…”  You just feel discouraged, like you wasted your time, ingredients, and energy.  It leaves…

I’ve never harvested my own seafood and eaten it right on the beach before… well, until we went away on a short trip with our friends, Jane and Sam.  They got married, and moved to Seattle.  But ever since they got there, they became really…