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Mistakes I Made While Consulting on the Menu for a Samgyetang Restaurant in Busan
Last summer, I got a call from the owner of a samgyetang (Korean ginseng chicken soup) restaurant tucked away in a back alley of Haeundae. Reviews on a deliver…

Questions We Hear Most Often About Home Baking at the Saigon Counter
Around two in the afternoon, if I see someone hesitating on the other side of the counter, it usually means they have a question. Before I can even set down th…

Mistakes I Made Trying to Recreate Grandma's Dundee Cake from Memory
Last Sunday, I stood for a long time staring down at the blackened cake sitting on the kitchen counter. It had been about ten minutes since I'd taken it out of…

A Week of Biryani in Atlanta: Notes from the Kitchen and the Counter
Monday evening, standing in the kitchen after work, I was tearing open a bag of basmati rice when the thought hit me. Let's go all in on biryani this week. If…

I Modelled a Pavlova in Blender Before Baking One for Real
At 2 a.m. I left a render running and opened the fridge, and half a passionfruit caught my eye. Some wilted mint leaves were sitting right next to it. That's w…

How to Make Brisket Bark with Just Salt, Pepper, and Patience
A few years ago, I had a realisation while pulling a brisket out of my smoker. Of the dozen seasonings rubbed on the surface, I could actually taste only two o…

How Grandma's Sinigang Recipe Survived Three Kitchens
Every time I open the lid of the tamarind concentrate, I pause for a moment. When the sour smell of the brown liquid on my fingertips rises, I feel like I'm st…

8 Denver Food Trucks That Made Me Rethink My Menu
Last summer, while standing in line at a food truck, it hit me: I'd been looking at food only through the eyes of an operator, not a customer. From that day on…

Creating a Fermentation Corner in a Small Incheon Kitchen
Last winter, I placed a kimchi container next to the sink in my studio apartment (which doubles as my workspace) and cleared it away after just three days. The…

Portland Craft Beer and French Pastry Pairings: The Mistakes I Made
The day I declared that my final project for the semester would be a craft beer and French pastry pairing course, the professor's expression was hard to read.…

Five Mistakes I Made While Covering Carinderia in Cebu
I remember a few years ago, the first time I opened my reporting notebook on karinderya in an alley near Carbon Market. Steam was rising from the stainless ste…

Lacto-Fermented Salsa Made with Ingredients from a Mexico City Market
On Saturday morning, when you step into Mercado de la Merced, the spicy air rising from the piles of chiles hits your nose first. I breathe in that smell as I…

Three Mistakes I Made Before My Starter Survived a Toronto Winter
The kitchen in January is much colder than you'd expect. The heater doesn't reach the window side of the old apartment, so the starter jar sitting at the end o…

What 40 Litres of Sauce Taught Me: Why You Shouldn't Season on Autopilot
I was standing in front of the pot, holding a wooden spatula, and the oil film floating on the surface of the sauce looked strangely cloudy. The colour that sh…
