Koreatown: A Cookbook Spotlight

Inspired by Always Be My Maybe, Ali Wong and Russell Park's new rom-com streaming on Netflix, I made kimchi jjigae last weekend. It's a simple stew that you've gotta have over rice. After researching on the Internet, I grabbed my copy of Koreatown: A Cookbook by Deuki Hong. Where most Internet recipes just called for…

ByMichelleJune 5, 20190Comments

Main Course Recipes

Chicken Tagine with Chickpeas

Cutting up a whole chicken seems like one of those kitchen artforms lost to time, literally because there's not enough of it. My mom dismantled whole birds on the regular when I was a kid because doing it yourself was so much cheaper than paying for the boneless, skinless. It's a thing I've only gotten better…

ByMichelleJanuary 19, 20170Comments

Book Reviews

Digging into Persian Food with Taste of Persia

One of the things I'm going to do with DailyWaffle is tackle some cuisines and dishes I haven't really cooked at home, starting with Persian food. I'm planning to do injera, the Ethiopian flatbread made with teff flour; Beef Wellington, although the idea of screwing up a gorgeous piece of beef tenderloin is scary; and…

ByMichelleJanuary 7, 20170Comments

Main Course Recipes Soups

Meatless Monday: Chunky Vegetarian Chili

I’m a convert to Texas chili, having grown up on a chili powder version with kidney beans. The upside is when we want a meaty chili, nothing but a bowl of red will do, and I’ll toast and soak the chiles. When the day calls for a vegetarian version, I can go straight for this chili without losing face and without a drop of geographical guilt.

ByMichelleDecember 2, 20122Comments

Main Course Recipes

Calendar Says May, Weather Says Soup

After a beautiful sunny day yesterday, well, most of the day, Mother Nature is back to the same ol', same ol' in the Pacific Northwest. While other people are persevering and standing at their grills in their rain slickers, I gave in and made a stew. I started out thinking about making a daube, or…

ByMichelleMay 15, 20110Comments

Kimchi Jjigae // Koreatown: A Cookbook Spotlight

Chicken Tagine with Chickpeas

Digging into Persian Food with Taste of Persia

Meatless Monday: Chunky Vegetarian Chili

Calendar Says May, Weather Says Soup

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The Fourth Princess by Janie Chang

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