My first attempt at Tteokbokki, a spicy and chewy rice cake treat that’s especially awesome during the cold weather. This is a very popular street food in Seoul, and for good reason! Eating just a couple of pieces can be quite filling.
As a home cook and baker, one of my major concerns has always been safety in the kitchen especially when it comes to my stove and oven. You know how sometimes you’re switching your oven off like it’s second nature without really thinking about it, and then you leave the house, are in your car driving off somewhere and you suddenly wonder, Wait, did I turn my oven off properly? Of course I always do, but that’s just an example of the extent of my “paranoia”, if you will. There’s so much comfort in knowing that every time you turn on your stove or oven you will be able to…
I’m not entirely new to the “Korean wave” or whatever you want to call it, however I feel like this year I gained a new appreciation for all things Korean. I’ll be talking a bit more about it on my next post but needless to say, a lot of that appreciation applies to food. I am yet to find the charm in mainstream K-Pop (but I am a fan of K-Pop ballads that get used in Korean dramas, so there’s that), and yet I can’t deny it seems like I’m craving Korean food more often than usual these days. Kimchi didn’t use to be a staple in my supermarket cart,…
