March 11, 2013 In All recipes, Meat, Vegatables

turkish kofta platter

I fancy myself as a divine dinner party hostess.  I fancy myself as someone who embodies the total coolitude of Guarnaschelli's professional kitchen-wizardry, set on Martha's pristine estate filled with ponies, and accompanied with Beyonce's crowd.  Someone who could present a seemingly-casual-and-approachable but truthfully-intended-to-shock-and-stun dinner display with nothing but an elegant breeze in and out of the kitchen, in a spotless oh-so-nothing white dress that belongs in Diane Kruger's closet.  I fancy. But the reality is

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February 11, 2013 In All recipes, Meat

Kimchi Meatloaf Melt

Because of this, Jason and I had almost nothing but a bottle of soy sauce to sip on Chinese new year's eve.  Because of my fixation on having something called a "meatloaf melt" in my archive, I was giddying and bustling in the kitchen the night before NOT on a Chinese feast but an American staple with a Korean twist.  Because nowadays I am more a traffic-seeker than a considerate home-cook, we desperately loitered on the deserted Beijing streets only few hours before new year's eve dinner, earmuffs and Uggs equipped and all, bracing an empty pot from home meant as a carrier for hot-pot soup which turned out was irresponsibly gone on holiday as well.  Like I said, almost nothing to eat. This unhealthy obsession was seeded the moment I noticed a boom of kimchi grilled cheese recipes sprouting everywhere on TV, magazines, restaurant menus and all across my peripheral vision.  As weird as the union between the spicy and garlicy Korean pickle and a slab of cheese may sound to some, it really isn't

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January 18, 2013 In All recipes, Meat, Quick Meals, Snacks

Fully Loaded Baguette

(繁體)  (简体) Wow!  What a weekend last Saturday, uh?!  Golden Globes?  Did you watch it?  What a fantastic sequence of showmanship one after the next uh?  First came Jodie Foster's neurotic ramblings of a speech though I'm not going to argue with the world who apparently thought she was phenomenal.  Then Oh-glory's-the-name-of-vengeance Ben Affleck won best director and fired a bullet with his love-declaration for Gardner right in the heart of who else but J "LOW"!  Oh snap!!  And how about Ann Hathaway giving all she's got on an AMAZING performance acting surprised at winning supporting actress!  Flaaaaawless!  That's another award in itself I'm telling ya.  OH oh and Kristen and Will's HILARIOUS little team-up was PURE comedy gold!  Missed it?  Geeet ooout of heeerree!!  Finally FINALLY Tina Fay and Amy Poehler's opening act was marriage made in heaven

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