The Kitchen Chronicles

Adventures in City Cooking

Tag: cucumbers

Chilled Kimchi-Spiced Noodles (Bibim Guksu)

I’m always changing my answer to this question, so don’t hold it against me if I emphatically write something completely different a year from now, but I think if I had to choose one cuisine to eat exclusively for the rest of my life, it would be Korean food. I love the garlickly spiciness of many Korean dishes, the perfection of the grilled meats, the massive number of condiments that come alongside, from the tiny silver fish to the pickled daikon, and of course kimchi, which I enjoy eating straight from the container (triple sealed in the fridge, of course).

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Green Gazpacho

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I just got back from a glorious two-week vacation, with a few days in Venice followed by a road trip through just about every region of Slovenia. I am tan, relaxed and a few pounds heavier thanks to no fewer than 5 tasting menus and what was generally just delicious, homemade, local food and wine.  I’m going to give you the run-down on what we ate and what we saw but I need to get my thoughts and my photos together first. In the meantime, I’m back in New York, and instead of cooling off in the Adriatic I’m cooling off in the air conditioning of my office, trying to avoid going outside lest I melt. If there is any time to avoid being in the hot kitchen, it’s the present, and so I wanted to share with you this fantastic green gazpacho which is chilly and refreshing and will cool you right down.

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