Food GOOD

I got a package from my folks yesterday, full of cooking ingredients that I can't find (or afford) in Korea. Among them: pine nuts, almonds, dried cranberries, saffron, sage, tarragon, oregano, rosemary, dill, blended tandoori seasoning, and creamed coconut. The next thing I'm going to make will be pork tenderloin tournedos filled with pine nuts, rosemary, and ricotta, to go with saffron risotto. I made tandoori-coconut shrimp last night.

Oh, and my friend Dylan's wife Ge is pregnant, which they're both very happy about. In North America we say "They are going to have a baby," but in upside-down world (here) they say "They have had a baby." (Dylan does not say that, of course.) I was amazed by how many of my students were "born" in Paris, or America, or Jeju-do (the island south of the country with transplanted palm trees where Koreans go for honeymoons). Then, I realized that by "born", they meant "conceived". The kids don't seem yucked out at all by being party to this information. If I ever have kids, I'm telling them that I stole them from the maternity ward of a hospital on a dare.