Samgyetang My Version (Korean Ginseng Chicken Soup) (Contains Chicken | Dairy-Free | Gluten-Free) Ah, the goodness of Korean ginseng chicken soup! Our rendition uses tender marinated chicken cooked with wolfberries, red dates, gingko nuts, chestnuts and a variety of oriental mushrooms, bulked with red and glutinous rice. Warming and restorative, ginseng is purported to regulate […]

A Florentine Midsummer Night’s Beef Stew Contains Beef | Contains Gluten | Dairy-Free   The beauty of Florence and her midsummer festivities inspired the poetic name, suitably so for this light and bright stew! Here, hearty beef is coaxed with aromatics, fresh herbs, tomatoes and white beans into a thick flavourful stew with a gorgeous […]

Samgyetang My Version (Korean Ginseng Chicken Soup) (Contains Chicken | Dairy-Free | Gluten-Free) I love Korean ginseng chicken soup! At home, I make it with the traditional method of using a whole ginseng root and a whole chicken, stuffed with glutinous rice. Our rendition here uses tender marinated chicken pieces cooked with carrots, wolfberries, red […]

A Florentine Midsummer Night’s Beef Stew (Contains Beef | Contains Gluten | Dairy-Free) After the Chinese New Year’s steamboat feasts and traditional snacks, this stew is suitably refreshing yet light on calories! In Italy, especially in Florence, the feast of St. John the Baptist has been celebrated from the medieval times, certainly in the Renaissance. […]

A Florentine Midsummer Night’s Beef Stew (Contains Beef | Contains Gluten | Dairy-Free) After the Chinese New Year’s steamboat feasts and traditional snacks, this stew is suitably refreshing yet light on calories! In Italy, especially in Florence, the feast of St. John the Baptist has been celebrated from the medieval times, certainly in the Renaissance. […]

Samgyetang My Version (Korean Ginseng Chicken Soup) (Contains Chicken | Dairy-Free | Gluten-Free) I love Korean ginseng chicken soup! At home, I make it with the traditional method of using a whole ginseng root and a whole chicken, stuffed with glutinous rice. Our rendition here uses tender marinated chicken pieces cooked with carrots, wolfberries, red […]

A Florentine Midsummer Night’s Beef Stew (Beef | Contains Gluten | Dairy-Free | Egg-Free)   In Italy, especially in Florence, the feast of St. John the Baptist has been celebrated from the medieval times, certainly in the Renaissance. Festivals last for 3 days from the 21st to 24th June, a period marked as midsummer, a […]

Kimchi Dubu Doenjang Jjigae (Meat-Free / Spicy / Contains Anchovies / Contains Gluten) I am a big fan of kimchi! I also happen to love soondubu jjigae (soft beancurd spicy stew) and doengjang jjigae (soybean paste stew). Hence when I sat down to create my perfect vegan Korean stew, it made perfect sense to combine […]

Samgyetang My Version (Dairy-Free/Egg-Free/Gluten-Free)   I love Korean ginseng chicken soup! At home, I make it with the traditional method of using a whole ginseng root and a whole chicken, stuffed with glutinous rice. Our rendition here uses tender marinated chicken pieces cooked with carrots, wolfberries, red dates, gingko nuts, chestnuts, a variety of oriental […]

Bulgogi Style Jungol (Beef/Dairy-Free*/Egg-Free/Contains Gluten) *No longer dairy-free once cheddar cheese is added as condiment. Most of us would have eaten bulgogi (bbq meat) at Korean restaurants or attempted to make it at home for parties. In 2011, a poll by CNN even had bulgogi listed at no. 23 on the “World’s 50 Most Delicious […]