Rose – I used to live in SoCal, so I know what you mean :(

Sarah – kimchi *is* the best medicine.

WoRC – mmmm, I didn’t know our special D made her own! Even more reason you need to buy that ranch in CO and move out here :)

Jie – oh, how i wish.

Nora – I’ve never seen that, but I love movies/shows that incorporate cooking.

Peter – Awww, such a sweetie :)

Phoo-D – wooop!

Rosa – thank you :)

Y – yes, I totally hear you on not wanting to bake in summer. Glad you have your priorities straight :) xxoo

Kevin – oooh yes, great idea!

Tartelette – ha ha, definitely. I do love summer, but yes, starting around.. July 5th I am pining away for winter again!

Lisa – no, definitely better to be too busy to blog (with good stuff) than to be too bored to blog ;) I try my best to read the feed, but I rarely hop over to comment anymore unless it’s something that really riles me up!

Astrid – you are very sweet and thank you for that lovely comment (yes, you DO live in a phenomenal area!! wow)

Gab – well, I do love summer and believe it or not (shhh! don’t tell anyone) by the end of April, I am ready to move on from winter (winter doesn’t really leave my town until May). I’m just glad winter is longer than summer where I am ;)

TKW – me too. Will have to try that next time. oh yum.

Mark – ha ha ha! It’s easy to get wrapped up in all of that, but when I think about it long term, it makes me lose my appetite. So I totally agree with you. Screw the rankings (but not the readers – my readers tend to be pretty awesome people, so I’ll happily keep them if they’ll keep me). I love bulgogi, but galbi is soooooo much fattier (ummmmmmm) and I think I like it more. Just that it’s fattier and lo – there it is on my ass :( hee hee. What is gochujang?!? If it’s spicy, I wanna try it!

Pinky – the mountains are indeed amazing. They can also be miserable (I didn’t photograph all of the mosquitoes I had to battle while shooting the flowers – that would just ruin it for me all over again). Still, I’ll take mountain mosquitoes over humidity any day. I hate humidity.

Valerie – My cooking inspiration comes in spurts. There are times when I go 1-2 weeks with no desire whatsoever to try a new recipe and to shoot it as well ;)

Asianmommy – :)

Erin – thanks!

Lori – I’m jealous! Yeah, the slump. People just aren’t in the mood for turning on that oven or the stove top right now. Too much fun to head out and do stuff :)

Katie – that sounds awesome!

Cindy – no way! How awesome is your mom?! Oh, and I love daikon kimchi. Actually, I love just about anything kimchi, but daikon is sooo up there. Mmmm.

Simone – Absolutely. Get out and enjoy! We’ll all get together come fall for some great cooking and hot drinks by the fire :)

Caitlin – Agreed. Summer here is so brief that it seems if you don’t take advantage of what it has to offer, it’s gone. Lucky you to have a Korean restaurant nearby. We have neither good Korean nor good Chinese near here :( pooo.

Mollie – Knew you’d love this one! :) You guys are near Boston? Should be some good places there (though I don’t personally know of any).