cooking with korean seaweed

Kim and Miyeok: Can Seaweed Save the World?

What food is full of nutritional minerals, grows fast without fresh water, doesn’t harm the environment, and is absolutely delicious? If you said seaweed, you are part of a fortunate population of people who know the secrets of this superfood.  Koreans have eaten seaweed for over a millennia with the first records being from the…

korean chuseok

Songpyeon: a Chuseok Staple

Songpyeon is the food most associated with Chuseok and it’s easier to make than you might think.  Songpyeon (송편) is a traditional Korean rice cake that is commonly made and enjoyed during Chuseok, also known as Korean Thanksgiving Day. Chuseok falls on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar, usually in…