The Iceman Cometh
DUMPLINGS
The three cooks at Seoul Mandoo in Aurora make about 1,500 Korean mandu every day, from softball-size wang mandu stuffed with the likes of galbi, veggies, or shrimp to smaller, Seoul-style meat-and-kimchi mandu. Their labor translates into plenty of frozen dumplings for you to steam or microwave at home. Eat them immediately after cooking, while the thin rice-flour wrappers are still fluffy. $20 for 25; seoulmandoo.com
RAVIOLI
Kelly and Mario Crobu—he a native of Sardinia, Italy—began delivering their homestyle frozen pastas and sauces across the Denver metro area in May 2020; we’ve been carb-loading
