I was watching a cooking video on YouTube a while back. The cook was making Korean Curry with Chicken. She gave viewers some good tips during the course of the video, such as chopping all the vegetables in similar sizes so they cook at the same time. But she kept doing one thing that set…
Recipe: Spice up your smoothie
Once you get a spice in your home, you have it forever. Women never throw out spices. The Egyptians were buried with their spices. I know which one I’m taking with me when I go. —Erma Bombeck I also have a selection of spices and flavor enhancers in the rack. There are the basics such…
Is kimchi good for your brain as well as your intestines?
According to professor Mark Lyte of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, probiotics promote not only health of the small and large intestines but also the well-being of the mind. Lyte said research so far indicates that certain probiotics — notably, Lactobacilli and Bifidobacteria — produce neurochemicals that encourage mental well-being. Scientists have known…
Scribe Winery hosts Korean fusion cuisine event in Sonoma wine country
Look at the “legs” on this Scribe Winery Pinot/Cab custom blend. (Tammy Quackenbush photo) My guest article for WineKorea (edited and written by Joshua Hall) posted today—technically tomorrow thanks to the international date line. I attended Scribe Winery’s July 10th wine and food pairing event featuring “New Californian” Korean catered by San Francisco’s Namu…
Secret Recipe Club: Ochazuke with Caramelized Shallots and Fried Egg
This post was my first assignment from the The Secret Recipe Club, which is organized by Amanda of Amanda’s Cookin’. Every month, she assigns each club member a blog from which to replicate an interesting recipe then write about the experience. More than 70 food and recipe blogs currently participate. My rendition of Dr. Abramson’s Ochazuke…
How to promote kimchi in America without inviting Americans
The South Korean consulate in San Francisco found a creative way of celebrating U.S. Independence Day this year by inviting the wives of other foreign diplomats to their home to learn kimchi-making. The San Francisco Consular Corps helped put on the party. The stated aim of this kimchi diplomacy, according to Consul Jeong-Gwan Lee and…
How to avoid jail time over a restaurant review
Any food blogger worth his/her salt has to be careful and make sure their salty commentary doesn’t cross the line. (Elisabetta Grondona photo via Creative Commons license) A Taiwanese blogger with a family name of Liu was sentenced to 30 days in jail, two years of probation and was ordered to pay roughly $6,900 in…
How to eat like a Korean: Tammy’s top 10 banchan
Korean food would not have the same appeal to American masses without 반찬 banchan. That’s the name for the collection of samples of veggies, herbs and fish-filled fare in little dishes across the table in a common Korean meal. Traditionally, banchan accompanies the main course, but a number of restaurants in the U.S. use banchan…
Warning: Foreigner eats Korean food
North Americans who have lived in Korea for any length of time share Michael Aronson’s frustration. Many Koreans presume that because our skin is white (or black), our tongues are too delicate to handle many of the bold and spicy dishes they love. It may have something to do with the fact that many South…
Jamba Juice’s fifth location near South Korea’s Supreme Court
Now, the highly esteemed Korean Supreme Court can get their Jamba Juice smoothies within walking distance. (Tammy Quackenbush photo) SPC Group, most well known as the owners of Paris Croissant, have aspirations of Korean smoothie conquest as they launch their fifth Korean Jamba Juice franchise location in five months. It’s also their fourth location “south…