momofuku

Cooking Momofuku (again)

October 4, 2011

This past weekend was the third session of what I’ll call the “educational and aspirational” meals I’ve cooked with my friend Brad. Meals where we’ve invested ourselves (and our cash) in planning a meal from a particular cookbook which require an inordinate amount of research and planning. The first time we tackled The French Laundry. […]

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Momofuku Pork Buns; The Hard and Easy Way

March 11, 2011

I’ve learned there are two ways two make the Momofuku pork buns. One is time consuming and unrewarding, the other, quick and stress free. I made the buns soon after the cookbook came out, during a full day of frantic Fuku cooking. Trying four new recipes from the cookbook isn’t recommended in one afternoon. There […]

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Momofuku English Muffins

October 21, 2010

Not counting pizza dough, I’ve made bread three times. That includes these Momofuku english muffins. You can google the recipe. They could be considered a pain in the ass to make, but I found it therapeutic on a weekend afternoon, the quiet mixing and comforting repetition. The toughest part may have been dipping each side into the corn meal, […]

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Momofuku: Fried Chicken

July 13, 2010

Chicken again? This horse has been beaten so badly, it should be put down. Only horse slaughter is banned in the USA. Owners now leave their horses to starve, or they send them to Mexico where our friendly neighbors to the South dispatch the horses and sell the meat to Europe and Japan. Way to […]

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Momofuku: Chicken Wings

April 28, 2010

The Momofuku recipe for chicken wings starts with a warning – “This is the world’s longest recipe for chicken wings. Sorry. But they’re very, very good chicken wings”. The writing in this cookbook takes this tone often, but I like it. It’s straight forward, and often admits that some things are ridiculously tedious, whereas the […]

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Momofuku: Pork Belly Ssäm

April 27, 2010

Just like every tong-totin’ American, I recently picked up a copy of the Momofuku cookbook. I read it as soon as I got it, but quickly realized this was going to be a cookbook where I’d really have to dig in. It was a few months before I actually put it to use, because I was still […]

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