Sep 03, 2019
My Harabeoji Taught Me It’s Always Better to Add More Garlic
Harabeoji’s favorite thing to eat, and the thing to which he attributed his long life, was raw garlic.
Harabeoji’s favorite thing to eat, and the thing to which he attributed his long life, was raw garlic.
I need something that is going to tingle, tell me the food is alive. Because I want to be alive, too.
I’d never seen a Korean man cook before Sam, and I was captivated.
A column about why I love kimchi (hint: it’s not the beneficial probiotic cultures).
When I was younger, I didn’t understand the restorative, purifying effect of tteokguk. Maybe I didn’t even feel like I deserved it. This year, I welcome it.
Ramen is comfort food, a thing to soak up your regrets and get you through a rough day. But my favorite way to enjoy it has courted great controversy among my friends and family.
I used to imagine having a Korean mother, someone rich in stories and jokes about Korean food and culture. My Korean mom would, ideally, be Maangchi.
In her illness, Korean food was all my Polish-American mom from Jersey wanted to eat. It was all that she could bear.
