Last Sunday, I organized a little get together at Momofuku Bo Ssam for their bo ssam dinner (which means “enclosed” or “wrapped” in Korean). For $200, you get a huge pork butt, a dozen oysters, lettuce, rice, and dipping sauces (pureed kim chee, kim chee bits, ginger scallion sauce, and Korean red sauce, ssam jiang). […]
Last week, my friend, Remy, flew in from Europe to wine and dine his friends from the city. Well, he was here on vacation, but he’s very interested in fine dining and made reservations at many of New York’s best restaurants and invited his friends along for the ride. Luckily, Remy asked me for some […]
Over the weekend, I decided to make some awesome mallomars for my friend Bethany’s birthday. I also organized a dinner at Momofuku Ssam Bar (I’ll post about that next week) but I thought it would be a nice surprise to bring some treats to dinner since it was her birthday (and her husband’s the next […]
Mussels are an amazingly easy, quick, and delicious dinner. I saw them at my local Whole Foods and figured I’d give them a try – they are SUPER easy to make (as long as you know how to use a stove) and you can add all types of different sauces to make the mussels absolutely […]
On lucky week 13, a lot of my thyme dried up, my mint decided not to grow back, and my basil was burnt (again): I really like the taste of the basil from the Aerogarden, but it just doesn’t produce enough to make pesto. This week, there is a lot of new growth, and I […]
