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South Korea, Day One

Heaven is a place where you can eat bibimbap for breakfast, bulgogi for lunch, and banchan all day long. Heaven is Seoul, at least it was for one short, gluttonous day. Melody and I arrived in Incheon International Airport just after dawn, still tired from our stay in Hanoi. We headed straight to Bon, an [...]

Vietnam, Day One

“Let’s just go to Vietnam and eat.” It’s been nearly four months since I visited Vietnam with my sister, Melody, and like our previous trips together, food was a motivating factor on deciding where to go. Visions of street snacks and fresh seafood filled my imagination as soon as I purchased our tickets, and it [...]

Lemon-Pepper Linguine with Sautéed Calamari

The weather has finally warmed enough so that I’m no longer craving hearty stews and soups anymore. I’ve turned to fresher flavors and lighter dishes, and this lemon-pepper linguine with sautéed calamari is the perfect dish to ring in springtime. The calamari is prepared very simply, so if you can’t find lemon-pepper pasta, I suggest [...]

St. Francis Fountain

I was never a breakfast person growing up. I mean, I like to eat breakfast (who doesn’t?), but my morning meals have usually been a little untraditional. I mean, if you can eat pasta or steak for lunch or dinner, why not at breakfast? But I’ve caved in. I’m a breakfast person now. I like [...]

yummy yum yum i spent the better part of yesterday making an array of japanese stocks, learning that bonito, iriko, and konbu are indispensable tools for success. the results were well worth it: miso soup with enoki mushrooms rice with vegetables and chikuwa moon-viewing noodles in broth soy-braised sun-dried daikon konbu and shiitake relish tuna [...]