http://www.jeanhee.com/blog The personal website of Jeanhee Kim. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:05:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en What's this blog for, anyway? Sometimes I just want to remember something that happened -- in great detail! So this will be boring to everyone but me, someday, when I read it: Tonight we had Judy, Ed and Dani over for a casual family dinner. I think word has gotten out ... http://www.jeanhee.com/blog/2010/02/05/mmmmm-good/ Last Wednesday I had a spectacular day. I'm going to try to remember what I loved about it so much. Oh! I had planned to take the morning off from work because Chiara's preK class was going on a field trip and I had signed up to be a parent ... http://www.jeanhee.com/blog/2010/01/21/favorite-kind-of-day/ Jemma is my mini mute. She clearly is observing everything around her, her mind is working furiously to process everything, but she barely speaks. Her words are only recently spoken with intention, including Oma for me and Apa for her dad. Useful words. She doesn't seem to have a word ... http://www.jeanhee.com/blog/2010/01/21/just-words/ Before going to sleep tonight, Chiara was processing her thoughts. Oma, Apa is 100 cute. You're 102 cute. And Jemma and I are 300 and cute. Jemma is the cutest in the whole family. OK, Sweetie. Oma, how much in hundred do you love me? 100? More. 102? More 300? I love you so much no one can ... http://www.jeanhee.com/blog/2010/01/04/counting-cute/ So, Chiara and I, with Jemma sleeping in her stroller, made our way through the Meatpacking District the other weekend. We were going to check out Jussara Lee, where a friend of ours was working that day. I had no idea that Jussara Lee shares store space with Sue London, ... http://www.jeanhee.com/blog/2009/10/24/pink-metallic-ballet-slippers-with-their-own-matching-bag/ Last night's dinner was mostly put together the previous night. I soaked the farro to reduce the cooking time since I'm cutting things so close after I come home from work. I peeled, seeded and cubed the two small pumpkins we've gotten in our CSA share the last two weeks. ... http://www.jeanhee.com/blog/2009/10/22/farro-with-roasted-pumpkin-and-goat-cheese/ Tonight while I was helping Chiara get ready for bed, she asked me: Oma, can I tell you a joke? Sure, I said. An onion and a pear are dancing. And? An onion and a pear are dancing. Is that the joke? What's so funny? Vegetables dancing! [Me, cracking up] See! Oma, I told you it was funny. Chiara ... http://www.jeanhee.com/blog/2009/09/10/heard-a-good-joke-lately/ Interesting what you find when you google recipes. I found a mouthwatering recipe for cold soba noodles that reminded me of a dish I ate often in Seoul, at the Japanese restaurants at the top of the Lotte Department store. Just cold noodles, topped with scallions, that I dipped in ... http://www.jeanhee.com/blog/2009/07/07/dinner-tomorrow/ I would love one day to take an Indian cooking class. I love curries in all different colors and spice variations and I appreciate how quick it can be to cook up a flavorful, mouthwatering meal in a relatively short amount of time--from scratch. As it is, I learned one ... http://www.jeanhee.com/blog/2009/06/30/compliments-from-a-gourmand/ Tonight's dinner made really good use of several veggies in our share today. Escarole, spinach and swiss chard if I wanted to throw that in (I decided to save it for another night), plus I used the garlic scapes in place of garlic. And we had a tossed salad of ... http://www.jeanhee.com/blog/2009/06/23/red-wine-pasta-sauce/