What We Eat During a Pandemic Ever wonder what other people are eating for dinner these days? We asked Korean Americans across the country to photograph a week’s worth of dinners and the responses have us totally inspired. As suspected, there are lots of people eating way better than we are, but mostly it appears…
Forget Sourdough, Let’s Make Kimchi! by Susan L. Shin As we all adjusted to the new lifestyles mandated by the pandemic, there seemed to be a massive sourdough bake-off across the country. If you’re one of the many who couldn’t get your hands on flour or yeast, why not make kimchi instead! Kimchi always seemed…
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…
Our least expensive meal in Paris also turned out to be the best. Bulgogi jeongol is now one of our favorite things to make at home. Korean bulgogi jeongol might be the last thing you might expect to enjoy during your European vacation but hear me out. A Paris itinerary loaded with Michelin-starred restaurants may…
Too hot to cook or just plain don’t want to but still want a quick, healthy meal? No problem! If you have a block of tofu and a handful of nuts, you already have half the ingredients for a refreshingly delicious noodle dish that’s a fan favorite among Koreans. Not as popular as mul naeng…
“It wasn’t until that day that I truly enjoyed the depth of flavors in miyeok-guk. But it took me even longer to understand the unspoken message behind my mom’s relentless demands that I eat it each birthday anniversary.” “Ew. What is that?” Growing up, there was one dish that I wished my mom wouldn’t make…
Galbi, or Korean short ribs, is one of the most loved and popular Korean dishes both inside and outside Korea. Since galbi literally means ribs in Korean, flank steak galbi is actually an oxymoron! But with short ribs hard to come by during the pandemic, and hungry boys dying for some old fashioned galbi, I…
Many people don’t know why you have to eat miyeok-guk on your birthday in Korea but the answer is quite simple. Miyeok-guk, or Korean seaweed soup, is the traditional meal that Korean mothers eat multiple times per day after childbearing to help heal her body and produce milk to feed her new baby. Because of…
A master of the high low, David Chang fearlessly goes from Michelin starred restauranteur to shameless re-heater of frozen tater tots without missing a beat. David Chang is a Korean American celebrity chef best known for his Momofuku brand and his Netflix series Ugly Delicious, but during this pandemic, it’s been his Instagram account that…