So adventures in fatherhood continues. My lovely wife and I have become food snobs because of a few recent disasterous food delivery events. I ordered 7th Street Pizza thinking it would be like New York-style pizza. It wasn't. It had sweet sauce and the dough was made of 11 different grains that made it soggy and purple. Pizza is not supposed to be purple. We also did some Kyochon Chicken which was mostly bone and dry. So...we have decided that I would cook. Usually I do a Mediterranean style meals with salads and brown rice but my wife wanted some pasta. So I decided to do some ziti with pork meatballs.  The best part was that this entire meal came to under 15,000 won (about 12 usd) and it was actually enough for about 6 meals and it only took about 30 minutes. At the store I got about 6,000 won worth of ground pork. Ground pork in Korea is quite high quality so I knew it wouldn't be too gamey and it would cook up nicely.   To soak up the extra moisture in the meat balls and ...

I think it is my rediscovery of the food network and slingbox, but I have been cooking up a storm. Last Sunday, I made homemade tomato sauce and meatballs at O'ngo Culinary School. 11 people came out and different people brought or cooked for the party. Tamara brought some pickled beet salad and Lisa made flourless chocolate cake with a strawberry whipped cream. Michelle made an excellent garlic bread. Other people brought more wine, dessert and bread. It was a great dinner and it felt like a Sunday dinner from back home. It was such a great time, we all vowed to do it again. Dan - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone