This month's Gourmet - March 2009

Getting the hard copy of Gourmet in my mailbox is one of my monthly highlights. It's the only American food magazine I can get delivered over here - and I've been lucky enough to be given a gift subscription from my Aunt Sue. I love it.

So what's on the menu in this month's Gourmet? Some pretty cool stuff:

-"Smokra": jars of pickled okra in Spanish smoked paprika.

-A recipe for quick kimchi - this Korean sauce of sorts, made with cabbage, ginger, garlic, chilli and seafood. Having read the New York Times article about the new Los Angeles fusion food - Mexican and Korean - I'm keen to give this a try in my tacos.

-Why it's okay to cook with cheap wine (sometimes): Gourmet test-drove two pot roasts, one with a $20 bottle, and one with a $5 bottle, and it turns out that blind-taste-test preferences were split straight down the middle.

-Gourmet online - great for extra recipes