Kimchimari

Recently, I hosted a Korean dinner party for our American friends at home- some of whom have never tasted Korean food before. So it was a bit of a challenge to come up with a menu that could show the authentic taste of Korean food but at the same time would not be too much […]

Doesn’t this look just too pretty? I picked my first batch of romaine and red leaf lettuce from my garden couple days ago. Did you know that you can just pick the bigger leaves from your lettuce plant instead of plucking out the whole plant? This way, you can keep the lettuce growing longer..If you […]

  Ssam (ssukat, kkaetnip, lettuce) Ssam (쌈) means “wrapped” in Korean. Ssambap (쌈밥) means rice wrapped in lettuce or other veggies with some other protein (fish, bulgogi, kalbi, etc). The three kinds you see here are Ssukat(crown daisy or edible chrysanthemum), Kkaetnip(Perilla Leaves) and red leaf lettuce.  These are probably the most basic and classic […]