April 19, 2010 ~ 1 Comment

Thai Stir Fried Pork Belly

In this solo cooking adventure, Gary turns his kitchen into a war zone when he makes a fiery Thai dish.

When I made the braised pork belly, I still had some uncooked pork belly left over. This, of course, had me thinking about things I could do with the remainder of the pork belly. I remembered a Thai dish I’d had some years back that used sliced pork, probably something leaner than pork belly. The cut of pork wasn’t what I remembered most; it was the dry spiciness of the pork and the vegetables in the dish. [...]

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February 22, 2010 ~ 9 Comments

Evolution of a Chinese New Year Celebration

In this solo cooking adventure, Gary recalls and recreates a tradition that began in college.

One of my favorite memories from my years away from home to attend college comes from my senior year. Unable to come home for Chinese New Year, my roommate Justin P (henceforth referred to as JP) thought we should do a dinner to celebrate in our apartment. As a reference, we had a 1970s-era Chinese cookbook his mother gave him. [...]

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