Kim Chi Recipes

Kimchi Latkes!

Every year I choose a different culinary tradition to model our Holiday dinner around.  We’ve done Victorian England, with Roast Goose and Christmas pudding, we’ve done Shanghainese Soup Dumplings, once visiting my Sister and Brother in Law we did Puerto Rican Christmas. Bringing in these varied traditions helps to educate me as a cook and […]

Fashion Headline Japan loves our Umeboshi (Kiyoshi Makoto)

It’s not everyday we find ourselves gracing the pages of fashion magazines, let alone cutting edge Japanese taste makers, Fashion Headline Japan!. follow this link for the google translation of the page or here in the original Japanese

Check out 10 fun facts about Kim chi and find out how to make Ozuké style kim chi at home

Our recent video with Hatchlab is creating quite a buzz! Find out more kimchi secrets (and watch our video) ! Hatchlabs 10 fun facts about kim chi

Ozuké style Kimchi Grilled Cheese

Visiting Santa Fe recently I was introduced to these sandwiches and could not wait to get back and reverse engineer it so that I could make it with Ozuke kimchi. It is both hearty and satisfying and yet feels good on the belly because of the kimchi. For two people 4 slices of good sourdough […]

Kung Hei Fat Choi! – Radish Cakes with Kimchi

Every year lunar new year is a wonderful opportunity to gather friends, make lots of food and celebrate together.  In true Cantonese spirit we had a rowdy time.  Some glimpses of traditional practices that I remember from my childhood growing up in Hong Kong –  Late night flower markets with strings of naked tungsten lights […]

Korean Kim Chi Stew: Gettin Jjigae with it.

More goodness from our favorite guest blogger, Michelle Auerbach: Ok, so my husband seems to have had a parting of the ways with the owner of the local Korean restaurant. I don’t usually think of Korean food and fisticuffs in the same sentence, but let’s say we got awfully close.  He was defending my honor. […]

Leftover Rice? Quick and Easy Kimchi Fried Rice

Blog post by our blogoddess, Michelle Auerbach. This is perfect for when you have left-over rice and a jar of Ozuké Kimchi, the napa and garlic kind. It’s now really winter out there, and something hot and spicy and a little oily will warm you up right away. Plus, it is fast and can be […]

Green pozole topped with kim chi

I just returned from a great trip to New Mexico and as always I vowed to eat green chile on everything and wear more big hats and cowboys boots. So far, none of those have been happening- but I was inspired to make some posole for dinner and top it with our zuké kim chi. […]

Kimchi Curry

I love how necessity is often the source of inspiration.  This idiom is more than often the case for me when I’m doing my nightly conjuration of dinner.  Sometimes it’s more “what’s there” than “what do I want”. Tonight I was ahead of the game.  I wanted to get Halloween dinner done early.  I’d been […]

Kim Chi dressing recipe from Michelle

First off, I want to thank Willow and Mara for the opportunity to say anything at all about food in the presence of their culinary artistry.  Second, full disclosure, I have been eating their creations since Mara used to give them to me in little Ball jars – which I would hide from my children […]

Summer lunch- Raw Eating Recipes

I had lunch with my friend Jul today. Jul is a goddess of many talents but lately she has been eating mostly raw and let me tell you, she is making it look really good. She served this simple summer lunch today: Lentil salad with red peppers, tomatoes, basil and olive oil. Mixed sprouts: garbanzo, […]

Mojo Recipes- kimchi, rhubarb and more!

I have nothing but great things to say about Marcie Goldman, local nutritionist and her Mojo Mastery program.  She guides a dozen adults two or three times a year through an adventure in mindful eating.  She looks at the source of many post modern ailments such as food or stress, she does a toxin cleanse […]

Bloody Maria meets Dear Leader

  Holiday hangover? Cure it quick with Pete Gugni’s morning reviver. We started serving brunch about four months ago, which gave me a great excuse to experiment with breakfast cocktails. When I paired tomato juice with kimchi, a spicy Korean side dish that mostly consists of fermented Napa cabbage, the flavors just harmonized. This is […]

Kimchi Potsticker Recipe

Willow and I did a cooking demo at Alfalfa’s this Sunday.  The Kimchi dumplings that we made on site were a big hit, everything that went into them we grabbed off the shelves at the store.  I hope you enjoy this interactive dinner (kids love to try their hand at dumpling wrapping the results might […]