New York-Style Bagel

This was my second time visiting Seattle. The design conference was over. The weather was dry. My friend was in town. And I had enough of the city.  A trip to Mt. Reiner was overdue. We rented a car for a day, picked up a bag of gourmet bagels and drove through the snowy landscapes

Kimchi

Sometimes I get so frustrated. Just the other day, I was feeling a need for comfort food and decided to make a pot of hearty Korean Kimchi Stew. I drove to Whole Foods, grabbed a pound of beef, a couple of onions and a package of red pepper paste. I reached for a jar of