A study published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that a low dose of epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), an extract commonly found in green tea, helped overweight and obese men (with an average BMI of 31) increase fat oxidation by 33 per cent. The study also found that green tea’s natural caffeine must be…
Korean Ginseng Tincture
If you can’t afford to fly to Seoul to pick up some healthy ginseng, consider this less costly alternative. Photo taken by Keira Bishop, discovered at http://www.sxc.hu/ If you need a a good source of super charged Korean Ginseng in a healthy tonic tincture and you can’t afford to fly all the way to Gyeong-dong…
Roy Choi sits down: Chego Restaurant
Tasting Table LA reports that Korean-American taco chef Roy Choi has opened his own “brick and mortar” restaurant in LA. Called Chego, the restaurant features “LA goodness and plenty of perfectly cooked rice — or, if you prefer a more poetic description, it’s simple peasant food that has all your important food groups lovingly manhandled…
Behind the video: Kimchi Colcannon (kimchi mashed potatoes)
This recipe has two sources of inspiration. The first was Debby Lee’s kimchi smashed potatoes from her restaurant Gyenari, in Culver City, Calif. It debuted in September 2009. However, instead of using buttermilk, carrot and sweet potato, I simplified it to give the kimchi the starring role. Comically, the end product was so orange, my…
“Idiot-proof” Korean meals with Destination Dinners
Destination Dinners preportioned recipe kits might be your kind of Korean food if you have wanted to try your hand at making bulgogi (stewed sweet and garlicy beef) or japchae (sesame oil and garlic sauce with spinach over cellophane noodles) but aren’t quite sure you want to spend a lot of money buying items like…
Surviving Passover: Kimchi Matzah Ball Soup
Passover is not Passover without matzah, it’s required. But year after year of the same food gets really old. Especially when it’s matzah. After all, the Bible calls it “the bread of affliction” (Deut. 16:3) for a reason. Chabad.org explains matzah this way, “The event organizer apparently neglected to choose a ‘taste theme’ for this…
Stained Glass Pojagi
If you love the look of Korean cloth pojagi, consider this stained glass version on sale at etsy.com. This stained glass panel, sold at the online store called The Emerald Forest, is based near Nashville, TN. The simple geometric shapes will complement all decorating styles, from modern to traditional, mission or vintage decor along with…
Congrats to KBS for winning the Peabody Award for Noodle Road
KBS’ The Noodle Road wins the prestigious Peabody Award for their comprehensive history of the Noodle from it’s origins in Western Asia to dinner plates all over the world. Photo courtesy of KBS. KBS’s The Noodle Road won the Peabody Award in the category of art and culture for Connecting Asia’s Kitchens. The Peabody Award…
How to make “the vine that ate the South” into a healthy drink
Kudzu aka Wild Arrowroot is a plant native to Southern Japan and Southeast China. Americans first saw kudzu up close in 1876 at a Japanese Exposition in Philadelphia. However, that is not what caused it to become the terror of the American South. During the 1950’s, the US government encouraged Southerners to plant kudzu all…
Korean food is not comfort food?
Tammy takes her Korean comfort food very seriously. John Kessler, a food writer/blogger for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution posted his latest article called Chef’s Night Out with Tom Colicchio, about a chef’s night out with Top Chef Judge Tom Colicchio and local Top Chef alumni Richard Blais and Kevin Gillespie. Over the course of the article…