I usually get my K-food fix once a week, always at a Korean restaurant. But since the onset of the pandemic, I found myself stuck in this house with my own cooking, which I hate, three times a day. I can only eat so many sandwiches and and bowls of pasta. At first, I…
Have you heard of Kongnamul bap? It’s not a common dish but it is a game changer if you have access to bean sprouts. My Korean husband was amazed that he had never tried this dish before and absolutely loved it. Plus it’s super easy and very adaptable to pantry cooking and vegetarian cooking. Kongnamul…
I may be biased, but aren’t Korean women some of the most beautiful in the world? I’m convinced one of the reasons for this is because of their obsession with skincare. The standard of beauty in Korea is a clean, fresh and natural look – LESS IS MORE! And you can’t have this look without…
Asian Americans will premiere episodes 1 and 2 on PBS at 8 p.m. ET on Monday, while episodes 3-5 will air Tuesday beginning at 8 p.m ET. Click here to watch replays on the PBS website. USA TODAY – A century of racist attacks detailed in the new PBS documentary series “Asian Americans” might have felt…
[Read to the end 💔] Mother’s Day has this Korean American mom reminiscing about all of the wild and crazy things my mother used to tell me over the years. You can say it was a hodgepodge of old wives tales, superstitions or just plain old common sense embellished, Korean style. Here is a compilation…
“Mal-Mo-E”: Our language makes us who we are. It’s hard to imagine what could have happened to the Korean language if not for a small group of patriots who put their lives on the line to create the first Korean dictionary. During the Japanese occupation of Korea, a brutally methodical attempt to destroy the Korean…
“Volunteering not only provides personal satisfaction but I think it’s also a good example of how you can do things in your life to reach certain balances,” said Min, who has logged more than 6,000 volunteer hours as an EMT. Saturday nights are anything but typical for William Min , general counsel and executive vice…
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As COVID-19 is forcing people to stay home, lack of social interaction is causing boredom and cognitive decline. In such times, engaging with literary arts may allow people to travel to fictional worlds created by the authors. And adding in the flavor of Asian creativity, the literary world becomes even more exotic and intriguing. Join…
Cutting edge innovations, exotic ingredients, and complicated 10 step routines have the beauty world crazy about the proven effects of K Beauty skincare. However a lesser known fact is that at its core there is only one absolute essential step to K Beauty: sun protection. Sun is the Enemy From an obscenely young age,…
Korean phrase of the day: Ggumae keugiga geu saramae geureuseul junghanda | 꿈의크기가 그사람의 그릇을 정한다 Translation: The size of one’s dream determines the size of one’s bowl/capacity Similar phrase in English: You’ll only be as big as your dream. The ‘size of one’s bowl’ is the Korean way to describe someone’s potential or capability. To…