by Christopher S Penn | Apr 17, 2020 | Foodblogging, Friday
You’ll see tons of videos online showing how to make fried rice, and almost all of them are correct if you’re making a serving for one or two people at most, like Gordon Ramsay’s 10-minute fried rice. Fried rice has two challenges: first, ingredients cook at different...
by Christopher S Penn | Oct 25, 2019 | Foodblogging, Friday
I take a special delight in figuring out ways to use tools and technologies that their creators probably didn't intend. A few weeks ago, I was visiting a local restaurant that touted its homemade butter and remembered that butter, fundamentally, is a pretty simple...
by Christopher S Penn | Jun 28, 2019 | Foodblogging, Friday, Korean culture
With summer’s arrival and heat, sometimes you just don’t want to cook anything - at least anything requiring heat. Oi muchim, a Korean cucumber salad, is a great snack, side dish, or in sufficient quantity, a light meal for a hot summer’s day. It’s a blend of cooling...
by Christopher S Penn | Jun 21, 2019 | Foodblogging
“Fire-roasted vegetables” have long been a favorite of mine, from sliced potatoes to Brussels Sprouts to cauliflower. However, cooking them to restaurant-quality perfection requires some different thinking, especially if you want to do a relatively large batch. Some...
by Christopher S Penn | Apr 26, 2019 | Foodblogging, Friday
As I get older, my dislike of crowds increases, and nowhere is that more true than the many wood-fired pizza restaurants nearby. Their pizzas are good, but the ambient noise is approaching a roar at popular dining times, and price-wise, the juice isn’t worth the...
by Christopher S Penn | Apr 12, 2019 | Coffee, Blogging, Foodblogging
Today's topic is usually a culinary joke: hotel coffee. Almost every business traveler has had the same complaints about hotel coffee in the room. Bitter. Weak. Tasteless. Awful. Yet we struggle with it out of need, sometimes even desperation. Is there a better way to...