Kyoho grapes, a Japanese varietal, is also very popular in Korea for both table grapes and wine. (Photo by Tomomarusan via Creative Commons license.) The Korean Tourism Organization is building appreciation for grape wine at the Yeongdong Grape Festival, running Sept. 3 through 7 in the southwest province of Chungcheong. “The programs … offer participants…
Interview with Delilah Snell of Project Small on kimchi-making
Delilah Snell, a master food preserver (MFP), taught a class in kimchi-making at the Eat Real Festival in Oakland, Calif., on Aug. 29. [See the Sept. 2 post “Korean cuisine rolls into Eat Real Festival 2010, San Francisco Bay area.”] At a stage in the “urban homesteading zone,” Snell spent 19 minutes going through the…
Buddhists, Adventists promote vegetarianism in Korea
Korean Buddhist Temple meal served at Sanchon Temple, Insadong. (courtesy of Julie Facine, via creative commons license) JoongAng Daily on Aug. 12 detailed the travails of vegetarians in Korea. One would think that a country that is about 30 percent Buddhist and accustomed to Seventh-day Adventists — a small Christian denomination with a high-profile network…
Korean cuisine rolls into Eat Real Festival 2010, San Francisco Bay area
Chef Gordon Xiao of Ark Chinese Restaurant in Alameda making pulled noodles. (Photo by Jeff Quackenbush) Among the more than 80 caterers, mobile and brick-and-mortar restaurants, and food-related vendors at the second annual Eat Real Festival in the San Francisco Bay area were two Korean “taco trucks,” a nouveau hanshik restaurant, a ramen restaurant serving…
Wordless Wednesday: Kalbi with a side of Bae Yong Joon
I found this photo on flickr.com taken by Seth and Alexa. Posted via creative commons license.
Recipe: Yuja scones
This is my third International Incident Party entry. The theme for August is scones. For most Americans, scones are for high tea or Easter Sunday brunches. Break out of that rut, and have them for dessert or as a mid-afternoon snack. To make these scones more Korean, I’ve replaced the lemon with marmalade made from…
The Beauty of Korea: Bae Yong Joon’s Kalbi Steak
I bought the Korean version of Bae Yong Joon’s best-selling book, The Journey to Discover the Beauty of Korea. I got the book because I knew there would be several Korean food recipes tucked in the pages. I got excited when I found his recipe for Kalbi steak so I decided I would work translating…
‘In Search of the Beauty of Korea’: A translation work in progress
I bought the original Korean version of The Journey to Discover the Beauty of Korea by Bae Yong Joon earlier this year. Apparently, my cat Misook doesn’t appreciate how much hard work translating Korean into English is. Or maybe, she understands too well, and sitting on the book is her way of “punishing” it for…
How to butterfly Galbi/Kalbi (Korean BBQ Short Ribs)
Photo courtesy of Arnold Inuyaki via creative commons license “While LA galbi is convenient and increasingly popular in America, the butterflied English cut is classic for grilled galbi in Korea. I used LA galbi in my previous grilled galbi post. Here I am reintroducing my recipe using the butterflied English cut. “ If you would…
How to add tea to your cocktails:Green tea simple syrup
This article, posted on The Spirit, offers a couple of ways to infuse Earl Grey and Green tea into your vodka and rum to give your vodka martinis or Long Island iced tea (which doesn’t even have tea in it) a tea-laden kick. The recipe that caught my eye the most was the recipe posted…