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Marinade this: Bulgogi Recipe – Korean Barbequed Beef

by alice on July 27, 2009 · 26 comments

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There are three dishes in Korean cuisine most people are familiar with. The first one is kimchee, fermented spicy cabbage.  Either you love kimchee or you don’t, there are no shades of gray.  The 2nd and 3rd most popular are Korean barbecued beef dishes, bulgogi and Kalbi / Galbi. The primary difference between bulgogi and kalbi are the cuts of beef used as well as the cooking method.  Traditionally short-ribs are used for preparing Kalbi and is cooked on a charcoal grill or broiled in the oven.  Bulgogi on the other hand is thinly (card stock thin) sliced, against the grain rib-eye steak prepared on a hibachi grill, broiled in the oven, or pan-fried.  Both dishes use a similar or same type of marinade. [click to continue…]

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Recipe for Sesame Broccoli, CafeMom Featured Interview, and a Giveaway

by alice on July 16, 2009 · 23 comments

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As an FYI, if you are looking for the Sesame Broccoli Recipe pictured, go directly to the bottom of the post.

This has been a great week for SavorySweetLife.com.  On Sunday, I was one of the Tasting Panelist for the 2009Seattle Luxury Chocolate Salon sampling an insane amount of artisan chocolate from around the country.  Then on Monday, Jaden Hair of SteamyKitchen.com featured one of my recipes on tv and on her blog.  If that wasn’t cool enough, I am being featured in an interview for CafeMom.com today. If you’re unfamiliar with CafeMom, they are the largest community for moms AND women’s/parenting site on the internet surpassing iVillage, Babycenter, and MarthaStewart.com.  So it really is an honor to be interviewed by them.  If you would like to see more of my kitchen and family (yes the picture above are of my adorable daughters), you can read the interview here. And before you go, please keep reading the rest of this post to see how you can win a copy of “Too Many Cooks” by Emily Franklin as well as a small gift card to Starbucks. Thank you to everyone who participated. A winner has been selected! [click to continue…]

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Kalbi Recipe : Korean BBQ Shortribs Marinade Part 2

by alice on April 19, 2009 · 27 comments

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Today we celebrated my son’s 1st Birthday at our home with 30 guests.  It was a fun birthday party and the food was wonderful.   Koreans call the first birthday “Tol” and often times there is a “Toljabee” event.  This event is considered the highlight of the party because the birthday boy/girl is dressed in traditional Korean garments called “Tok-Bok” or “Ham-Bok”.  The child sits in front of a table full of festive fruit, rice cakes, and other food along with the Toljabee items.

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Kalbi : Korean BBQ Shortribs Marinade Part 1.

by alice on April 18, 2009 · 6 comments

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Tomorrow I am cooking for 30 people for my son’s first birthday. Koreans celebrate their childrens’ first birthday similar to a wedding reception, seriously. They invite tons of people, rent halls, serve catered food, hire photographers, and spend lots of money for this event. Although I am Korean, we will be doing none of the above. Instead I will make a handful of dishes, take my own pictures, and spend a lot less for doing so.

With that said I want to have a few traditional Korean dishes as well as a few other Asian ones. But a must have for me is Kalbi. [click to continue…]

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