Thought for Food

Friday night dinner: pork buns to rival those served at a certain chain of hipster restaurants owned by a megalomaniac chef who may or may not know how to cook.

Recipe:

• Spit-roast a whole pig
• Shred pork and marinate in a simple, sweet glaze left over from the ribs your roommates served at the Halloween party
• Steam rice flour buns from an Asian food market until hot (don’t bother making your own, seriously)
• Place a mound of hot pork on each bun
• Add a sprinkling of Akiko’s homemade quick-pickled red cabbage and slices of your Dad’s sweet gherkins (because you ate all of Akiko’s quick-pickled cucumbers … oops)
• Finish with drizzles of kewpie and Akiko’s homemade hot sauce (similar to sriracha)
• Pair with a lovely Spanish rose and a side of braised kale, collards, and beet greens in a sweet wine and vinegar sauce that your boyfriend made
• Voilà

Liz told me yesterday: “I’ve been thinking about those pork buns all weekend!”

Me, too. And they’re virtually effortless! (When your fridge is one of the best-stocked in the city.)