I don’t often apply for contests or give-aways, but this contest was too good to pass up. Pei Wei Asian Diner is hosting a search for the ultimate blogger to join its chefs as they travel across Thailand, Vietnam, China, Japan and Korea on an incredible culinary journey. Chef Eric Justice and his team will…
Green tea can boost tummy fullness
A study performed by researchers at Lund University in Sweden and published in the Nutrition Journal, suggests drinking green tea after a meal can boost the signal from stomach to brain that one is full, more so than consuming an equal volume of water. The scientists found that green tea did not effect blood-sugar levels…
Considering kosher in the Land of the Morning Calm
Chabad of Korea opened in Seoul in 2008. South Korea is attracting more Jewish business travelers, diplomats, members of the military and English teachers, but there is a lot of misunderstanding over what is and isn’t kosher food. Some also believe that Muslim dietary standards, called halal in Arabic, are inter-changeable with kosher, but this…
How do videos go viral in Korea?
I have no idea. A Korean netizen posted my “12 days of tteok” video onto Bada.us on October 10, 2010 and in less than a month, this one embedded post has generated over 10,000 hits to this video. The excited netizen titled the post, “[유튭] ♥ 떡볶이 사랑한는 외국인 ♥” which roughly translates as “[YouTube]…
Recipe: Korean sesame salt
Sesame salt can either be provided in a communal dish or in individual dishes. (Photo by Tammy Quackenbush) It seems silly to call this a recipe because a simple way of marrying salt and sesame seeds in a way that make them better together than they are by themselves. Sesame salt is a typical Korean…
Review: Zazang Korean Noodle, San Francisco
This restaurant dominates San Francisco’s jjajangmyun market and has a reputation of making the best in the Bay Area. (Photo by Tammy Quackenbush) I found this little Korean noodle shop in San Francisco within walking distance of the University of California at San Francisco’s medical offices and a Kaiser Permanente hospital. This section of Geary…
Recipe: Pul-bbang (풀빵) Korean pancake dumplings
Jeff couldn’t wait to take a bite out of them. Here’s the proof. (Photo by Jeff Quackenbush) I found a Danish Æbelskiver pancake pan at William-Sonoma some time ago. I kept staring at the catalog, scratching my head trying to figure out why the pan and its baked contents looked so familiar. Then I realized…
Update on my life (and this blog)
Things have slowed down around here, but we’re going to pick up speed very soon. (photo by akedeszign on Sxc.hu via Creative Commons license) Here’s why the pace of posts has slowed on Koreafornian Cooking: I’ve had some health issues recently, and I’m trying to get my groove back. It’s hard to cook, eat and…
Daily intake of coffee or tea reduces brain cancer risk
A new study on the affects of caffeinated beverages coffee and tea on brain cancer follows others released this year around the world, including in South Korea, which has become a major coffee consumer. The latest study, sponsored by the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC), found that people drinking more than 100…
Annie the Yogurt Pedaler v. Yaklut ajummas
Annie, aka The Yogurt Pedaler, got on a bike and rode from Chicago, Ill. to Vernon, Ohio, making homemade yogurt and giving out yogurt recipe flyers along her 300 + mile trip. The Yogurt Pedaler is a bike-powered yogurt cart activating public spaces in Midwestern communities, inspiring connections between local farms and their neighbors, and…