Welcome Dinner

C is to be back next hour. For his first dinner I had planned do a golden beet fennel blood orange salad, steamed arugula and artichoke ravioli. But then I thought of the cooking involved after a long drive from the airport so I more sensibly settled on dyenjangkuk which I've already made.

Dyenjangkuk is the Korean style miso soup which is nothing like the weak ass stuff you get at sushi restaurants. Mine today is full of potato, garlic, onion, obligatory shitaake, tiny little anchovies and few fennel sprigs. It's different every time. June says a squeeze of lemon (something my grandmother would wonder about as she never touched a lemon) gives it a fresh kick in the pants. Korean dyenjang- the fermented bean paste is gnarly thick potent stuffs.

Must run now to brush my teeth and drive to Oakland airport.