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Kimchi Bokumbop (Kimchi Fried Rice)

Kimchi Bokumbop (Kimchi Fried Rice)

Happy Lunar New Year, everyone! All last week I had grand plans to make jiao zi (dumplings) and dou sha bao (steamed buns with red bean paste) and other Chinese goodies, but somehow I never got around to it. Fortunately, the New Year is supposed to be celebrated for 15 days, so I’ve still got plenty of time to make everything. In the meantime, I just had to satisfy my craving for kimchi fried rice. My friend Grace posted a picture of her husband cooking it for a midnight snack a few days ago, and I’ve had kimchi on the brain ever since. It’s just so pungent and tangy and delicious! So good as a side, but possibly even better in fried-rice form. It’s definitely...

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The "Ultimate" Lasagna

The "Ultimate" Lasagna

I cook so much more when Dan comes to visit me. (He’s getting his masters in Boston while I finish up law school in DC). Most of the time I eat sandwiches or salads for lunch, and when dinner rolls around I just throw some taquitos in the microwave and call it a day. It’s just too much effort to cook for one person, you know? But I still like to read food blogs everyday and bookmark interesting recipes for later. This means that by the time Dan comes down, I’m bursting with energy to try all the recipes I’ve stockpiled in the intervening month. The most recent visit’s project = lasagna. (Oh hello!) This is a Tyler Florence recipe, and boy does it...

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Grilled Sirloin, Roasted Potatoes and Tomato Mozzarella Salad

Grilled Sirloin, Roasted Potatoes and Tomato Mozzarella Salad

I have the best roommate in the world — she’s fun, she loves reality TV, she washes the dishes, and she has no problem being my culinary guinea pig. She also happened to give me a $100 gift certificate to Williams-Sonoma for Christmas, which I immediately used to buy an indoor electric grill. This little grill has opened up a whole new world of home cooking options for me. Good bye ugly, dry pan-seared meats.  Helloooo grilled pork chops, hamburgers, and juicy charred steaks! Dan and I had big plans to make pasta from scratch, but then 5 o’clock rolled around and we were both feeling super lazy and under-motivated. So what could we make for dinner that’s fast and delicious? Steak! Potatoes! Salad!...

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