Big Star at Home

Long weekends are such a tease. Just long enough to relax just a little bit, but they’re over right when you really start getting used to it. Long or not really though, I’ll take what I can get, and will only complain a little along the way. As it turns out, these “long weekends” are [...]

Trusty Backlog

To all the meat-lovers: I’m sorry. Although I’ve vigorously loaded up on meat this month, the posts this month have suggested otherwise – but I’ve been in the mood for sweets, I suppose. Plus, I haven’t cooked as much these past couple of weeks, as you well know by now.  Fortunately, I have a trusty backlog [...]

Seoul Food

These days, roaming street vendors carrying various delicacies are all the rage. I don’t know about you, but I distinctly remember the yellow Schwan ice cream truck, complete with that tantalizing bell, slowly cruising through my neighborhood once or twice a week when I was a kid. Those vendors were banking on the fact that we kids would be [...]

Take Me Out to the Ballgame

[Before we talk wieners, let me first say thank you to those of you who read and commented on the previous post. It means a whole heck of a lot.] I used to collect baseball cards. In fact, I had so many baseball cards that I needed a special “baseball card binder” to keep them [...]