Kimchee Roasted Potatoes

Hear me out: making kimchee at home is really easy! And the payoffs are practical in the kitchen, too. Here's a look at my first attempt at making a true, Korean friend-approved batch of kimchee, and one way to put it to delicious use: as a seasoning for everyday, ever-versatile roasted potatoes.

Spinach & Kimchee Pies

My friend was talking about how she'd made spanakopita, the Greek savory spinach pie, recently. Only, she didn't actually finish making it: "The filling was so good I just ate it up with a spoon, and didn't bake it with the crust." She was also impressed with how much spinach she had eaten; the one-pound bag, the size of a fluffy pillow, had all cooked down to a portion that neatly filled a soup bowl. That's a good way to eat a lot of spinach, I thought. And, why had I never made spanakopita before?

BBQ Blowout is tonight at Good Company

Welcome to summer, New York City, and with that, barbecue season. I hope you've gotten to enjoy the food at a few ones already. But I dare say you've never had anything like what we're going to put on the grills tonight, at Good Company bar (formerly known as Hope Lounge) in Brooklyn. It's Finger on the Pulse's annual BBQ Blowout series, and I'm chef of honor along with my friends at Mrs. Kim's restaurant. Get ready for a crazy Korean-infused barbecue meal, made with local produce and trusted meats.

Kimchee, Spinach and Goat Cheese Frittata

What is this, la-dee-da? It's a frittata. La-dee-da. No, it's really not la-dee-da, it's eggs, with pickled cabbage and spinach in it. Okay, well maybe the goat cheese is a little la-dee-dah, but it's used pretty sparingly. So the whole dish is most certainly not a fancy one. It's just what you call an omelet if it had never been flipped, so you don't have to master the art of French cooking like Julia Child and have that euphoric moment once you get the hang of flipping it right -- but it's euphoria eating it, all the same.