Spring has finally arrived. It’s the time for birds, flowers, and general heathenism. And it’s a perfect time to hang out outside with some wings and beer. On Saturday, May 5th, the ZK Ruffians will have our Spring Sh-wing Wing Fling. We’ll meet at Hooters, next to Apgujeong Subway Statio, around 2 PM. After some [...]

Recipe here–> The Evil Jungle Prince has beat me to it! Sesame leaves (kkaenip 깻잎) are similar in flavor to fennel. They have that slightly exotic licorice flavor that I hate in candies but find enticing in meals. Going back to my original plans for the Food Journal, I wanted to experiment with substitutions, such [...]

I had heard about the Italian government bringing in Korean VIPs to promote its food and wine. The Seoul Times recently published an article on the details of what’s going on. The article talks more about the upcoming free trade talks with the EU. Here are some interesting tidbits: The Korean VIPs were 17 business [...]

I just found out that in around ten days Korea will be in talks on a free trade agreement with the European Union. I don’t know many details about this one other than it looks to be less contentious than the U.S. free trade agreement. I particularly like this quote: “Competition between the two parties [...]

The Korea Herald recently published an article on the growing popularity on Korean food while also trying to address why it still greatly lags behind Chinese and Japanese food in European penetration. Some reasons it states for Korean cuisine’s growing popularity: More articles in large papers such as The L.A. Times and The New York [...]