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by c.h.ha
to bm or not to bm
May 26th, 2009 by Christine
JS wants to go on a diet before the wedding. I want to regulate my very irregular BM. (I’m talking about once every 7 days.) TL told JS this morning that she and I should both start a healthy carb diet. She’s started by eating salad for lunch. I had rice and pork belly and [...]
i heart new york-style pizza
March 10th, 2009 by Christine
Per the recent post of my email conversation with JS about dinner, here’s what happened that evening. First, I must preclude the story with a little explanation about my favorite pizza place in Houston called Brothers Pizza. A long, long time ago back when dinosaurs had just become extinct, and I was in elementary school, [...]
my second kim bap
March 4th, 2009 by Christine
At everyone’s suggestions, I added sesame oil and salt to the rice and carrots. HS got me to spruce up day-old rice by sticking it back in the steamer with more water. He also told me to just use sesame oil on my hands instead of those annoying plastic gloves. The kim bap turned out [...]
my first kim bap
February 27th, 2009 by Christine
I love kim bap. (For those who don’t know what kim bap is, they are Korean rolls with seaweed and rice and a little filling in the middle.) I finally made my first roll of kim bap yesterday after JS and I went to the Korean grocery store to buy ingredients. HK had left some [...]
old lady syndrome
August 15th, 2008 by Christine
Yesterday was the informal orientation hosted by the Association of Graduate Creative Writers (AGCW). It was less painful that I expected, and I actually made some “friends.” (As UP points out, I apparently never get excited about anything anymore because I’m an old lady.) But it was good to not feel so lost, to cling [...]