I’m out of touch with much of what’s on TV in the U.S. these days. That’s mostly a blessing. But too bad I missed out on this show, Three Sheets. The host, Zane Lamprey, goes around the world to explore people’s drinking cultures. Think Thirsty Traveler but with more wastedness. It turns out...
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Each season of Top Chef has the episode to weed out the chefs without the French culinary training. This was as Frenchy as French could French. It was Maurice Chevalier sitting on a wheel of brie drinking Côtes du Rhône reading Victor Hugo with Pepé le Pew on the television. This is one of those areas where I piss off a lot...
read moreIf you haven’t checked out Koreanfornian Cooking yet, you should. The host Tamar used to teach here in Korea, Chuncheon to be precise. She’s just posted her version of Ggaenip Pesto 깨닙 페스토. Particularly liked that she credited ZenKimchi for posting it a while back. I should also give more credit...
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I’m keeping up with Top Chef through iTunes, and it’s been way past time to throw in some armchair commentary–just to add to the gaggle of food bloggers already doing so. Do I need to say that there will be spoilers in this? Just stop reading if you haven’t seen the first three episodes of season six...
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An essay I wrote on the Korean government’s ham-handedness in promoting Korean cuisine overseas has been published in this week’s Newsweek Korea. It’s mostly about how the government and some private entities aren’t even bothering to ask foreigners what they like. They’re forcing what they themselves...
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