KITCHEN TIPS

I used to have a basil plant on my deck, but one day we went on vacation and it died.  I never had the motivation to get another one, so now, I’m stuck buying my basil.  I used to bring it home from the store…

Do you know what has been driving me more bananas than having overripe bananas?  This blog.  Yep.  The last entry I wrote was posted over a month ago.  That’s because our blog suddenly decided to break on us!  WordPress wouldn’t let us sign in or…

Remember that little nerdy sketch I drew and posted on this blog of cooking measurements with their equivalents?  Well….it sort of got pinned on Pinterest and shared about 99,000 times.  Yeah, a little overwhelming!  Therefore, after some requests for a printed version, we are selling…

Back when I was a working single gal and living with my parents in Pennsylvania, my aunt and grandmother came to visit from Korea. My aunt would wake up really early in the morning and prepare breakfast for everyone. She’d force us all to eat…

This is another quick “non-recipe” recipe, but I thought I’d share this method of rescuing day-old kimbap, or Korean style seaweed wrapped rice rolls. I had leftover kimbap from a beach picnic that I didn’t want to throw out. As you might know, it’s usually…

I’m really thankful for those of you who take the time to write me emails, leave comments on the blog, or interact with me on the facebook fan page. In fact, there have been quite a few of you who have asked me cooking questions,…