Leftovers

I once read an article on the airplane about a personal chef who was so good at using leftovers that her clients never even noticed they were eating iterations of meals they had enjoyed only days ago. This creative resourcefulness really appealed to me.

When cooking for one person, it's easy to go overboard, especially with something like spareribs:


It took me a few meals to make a dent in the rib pile and when I started getting rib overdose, I turned the leftovers into pork fried rice:


After a full day of rote memorization of black letter law, cooking dinner can be a fun and satisfying (both to my taste buds and my wallet) creative outlet.