Tag: K-food

Korean food is all about sharing. – Maangchi I was not happy with the last batch of kimchi that I made. Which ingredient made it so unsatisfactory is uncertain. My first thought was that it was the gochugaru. Options for gochugaru are limited to the Asia Mart inventory. As I…

Good food is a way of taking care of each other. – Alice Waters During our nomad years, I was always on the hunt for Korean restaurants, everywhere we traveled to. Surprisingly, there was almost always a little family run restaurant to be found. In recent years, I’ve been making…

Hot, humid and sunny today – We start the morning with breakfast at the Old York. Then a walk down to Queen’s Quay, and back home…It’s a hot one! At home, we cool off before our next destination. As we sip our G+Ts, Bliss’n comes by for a visit as…

Traffic is surprisingly light on my morning drive to North York. Spending the day with my brother and his wife making kimchi for the winter. Brining the nappa, rinsing off the salt, making and mixing the kimchi base…quite an ordeal. After a full day, I get to spend a few…