This Month’s Film: The Way Home
Cuisine: Korean

After several days of waiting for the stars and planets to line up so I could make my ‘Way Home’ Korean soup and salad course, I finally did the deed. I thought I was poised to do it on the weekend, but the weather was insufferably hot, and by the time it cooled off, I had an additional inspiration to make a noodle dish to enter in a contest by a fellow foodblogger and discovered that I was missing a key ingredient which required a trip to an out-of-town Asian market to find it (which is another story unto itself that I will save for a leisurely afternoon a little later in the week).

So…back to the Spicy Korean Kimchi Tofu Soup. When I began researching and developing the recipe, I had a feeling that it would be tasty, but little did I know just how tasty. The generic chicken broth was brought to life by the vibrant spice of the kimchi, while the spice of the kimchi was pleasantly mitigated by the gentleness of the broth. I think the word is symbiosis. Or perhaps it’s synergy. Actually, I think it’s both!

The recipe will be posted at the end of the month along with my ‘Way Home’ film review. If you would like to receive an e-mail reminder when the recipe and film review are posted, send a request to cheiter@thingsasian.com.

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