Herring Pasta with Minari - Morning Ritual

20220319 #breakfastdiary 384, 2°C/cloudy, 11min/exercise In a heated pan with olive oil and garlic, I add finely chopped minari (the stems) and salted herring, then simmer briefly with a pinch of salt and plenty of pepper. Blanch the noodles with a splash of pasta water, move to a plate, and top with herring, the prettiest and most fragrant minari in the world, and Parmesan cheese — #herringpastawithminari It's bitter to see nothing but sensational headlines floating around — 600,000 confirmed cases, the highest in the world, "K-quarantine has failed." Korea has the world's highest daily case count, but at the same time keeps the world's lowest case-fatality rate. I believe a day will come when the policies and the on-the-ground efforts of the past two years get a fair reassessment. Image — Bloomberg, 3.17.22.