What are Gradient Lips? The gradient lip, also known as “popsicle lip” has been around for years in Korea but has recently gained momentum as a Western trend. The look is subtle and makes one appear more youthful and innocent. How to get the look: Step 1: [optional] Apply concealer to your lipsStep 2:…
One of my husband’s favorite dishes is Korean spinach soup with doenjang and clams. My mother-in-law made this dish regularly when my husband was growing up, and it always reminds him of simpler days back in Jersey. With high quality fresh clams sometimes hard to find, I wondered if canned clams might substitute. Turns out…
Surviving a pandemic means a lot of home cooked meals. Four months into lockdown and with restaurants starting to open up, I realized that cooking three meals a day, every day actually hasn’t been much of a burden at all. When I thought about why this might be, it came down to a handful of…
While dol ostensibly is a festive party centered around the birthday child, it is larger than that…It is a tribute to the generations who came before me and survived enough birthdays of their own to bring this very moment into life. For Korean parents, there are few events in their child’s life that take on greater significance…