Taking is tea is pretty fun. You sip and giggle and kick back. This weekend our tea drinking trio went to Crown and Crumpet in Ghiradelli square. With modernized cottage decor, the one room tea shop has the ambiance of an Amy Butler ad complete with flatscreen faux fire. We had the Tea for Three with a pot of tea each. My Sakrambo...

Continue Reading

An exhaustive list of online retailers for by-the-yard fabric cuts. Search by store name or by type of merchandise, i.e. Javanese prints or Equestrian. Catches vendors that Google doesn't, especially for unusual searches. An exhaustive list of online retailers for by-the-yard fabric cuts. Search by store name or by type of merchandise, i.e. Javanese prints or Equestrian. Catches vendors that Google doesn't, especially...

Continue Reading

Wiki has removed his entry so there isn't much info out there in English except perhaps a small ode on Soompi but Yoo Young Jin is a man of many talents. Musician, performer, composer (producer in our modern American lexicon), and lyricist extraordinaire, this lanky haired professional has served up countless Korean hits for SM Entertainment and Avex Trax. He rocketed mega groups...

Continue Reading

"Damen Show", in the lingo of Japanese cooking show Dotch, is where a piece of food is sliced down the middle to show the tender, juicy, crispy, textures of whatever has just been created by top notch chefs from the most expensive or exclusive ingredients in Japan. "Cross Section Show" it means, but the lusciousness of each culinary vivisection is essential to winning...

Continue Reading

During my stay in Hong Kong I visited Jimmy's Kitchen, a restaurant with a decor reminiscent of mobsters and Frank Sinatra. The most memorable however, was the madras chicken - a broiled thigh with powdery curry paste or rub, rather than a familiar sauced dish. I can't recreate it yet, but I'm trying. During my stay in Hong Kong I visited Jimmy's Kitchen,...

Continue Reading

Mos Def is back - that crawling drawl, the afro funk vocal doodles, a political torch blazing brightly - all that - totally integrated into a loose experimental Preservation driven, Madlib spirited sound. Production is funk refined and old school wonky without out ever getting too vintage. Tracks by Mr Flash from dance label Ed Banger and Chad Hugo of the Neptunes are...

Continue Reading

Korean Potato Noodles and stir fry vegetable recipe from Cooking Korean food with Maangchi. The recipe was fairly easy to follow, although I may stir fry the vegetables differently next time so as to use less oil. Instead of white mushrooms I used all fresh shitake. I also topped it with a Japanese Style egg omelet cut in strips, but this is in...

Continue Reading