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Oh, do I have a treat for all of you today! Behold the beauty that is Daeji Bulgogi! As many of you probably know, I have a certain soft spot for Korean food. Basically, I love it. In fact, I purchased a Korean cookbook earlier this week, and I truly can’t wait for it to …
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If I do say so myself, on Sunday night I made quite the hearty meal. The menu was rather simple: pork milanese with a steamed artichoke on the side. However, what made this meal particularly noteworthy was that it was the first time I’d ever cooked pork (bad Jew, apologies). Fear not, though. The experience …
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About a week ago, some people came over to my apartment, and we had the most delightful time making what we later called (perhaps unoriginally) the Fresh Cocktail Hour. Basically, with the help of plenty of fresh produce from the Farmer’s Market (not to mention some homemade horseradish), we made Bloody Marys, guacamole, and a …
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Recently, I’ve become enamored by Mark Bittman’s New York Times blog, Bitten, and last week, when I needed to make myself dinner, I decided to give one of his recipes a try. The attempt: chili-fried shrimp. A mixture of dried chilies, orange, scallions, and shrimp, this dish looked like it would be right up my …
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The general consensus is that my first horseradish video didn’t quite live up to the hype. I kind of agree; so I went ahead and shot another video of me eating the dastardly root. Again, I’m not sure if it’s the most violent reaction out there, but I did manage to look like I was …
I was bored on Friday and procrastinating from my important obligations (work, taxes); so I decided to shoot this little, self-indulgent video of me eating horseradish on my webcam. I’m not sure it adequately captures the sinus-clearing pain that one feels upon ingesting the near toxic condiment, but maybe it will give you a vague …
Apparently today is horseradish day at B-Side Blog. After I mentioned in my previous post that NikkiSpice and I had challenged each other to down as much horseradish as possible, she reminded me that she was actually only an innocent bystander to this masochistic game. The real action occurred between me and my friend Zimmho, …
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The general rule of thumb is to never go into a supermarket hungry. Well, that’s what I did earlier this week, and predictably I emerged with a food item that was perhaps not the most practical purchase of all time: a horseradish root. To be fair, I truly enjoy horseradish, and I’d wanted to make …
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Yesterday, I received a new dutch oven (technically a risotto pot), and in honor of this new, formidable piece of equipment, I knew I just had to braise something. But what? Well, I turned on the television, and there was Tyler Florence whipping up a pot roast. I wouldn’t say that it’s my favorite meal …
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SOMEONE CALL THE CDC!!!! I did some grocery shopping at Fresh & Easy in Hollywood, and one of the things I purchased was some fresh thyme that I’d be using with dinner. Well, after I’d thrown four or five sprigs into the pot, I set about freezing the rest  an arduous process that would …