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Posts made in December, 2009
Posted by Chubbo Chubbington
I am sitting at a small wooden table in a wooden chair, my bags, coat, scarf, and hat all hanging carelessly over its back, offending fine diners everywhere, I’m sure. Please, oh please ignore me as I dump 2 packets of organic sugar into this latte. I usually don’t embarrass easily, but I was...
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To the uninitiated, this is a toughy to like. Even to the initiated, it’s pretty scary. But I’ve grown to like Myeolchi Bokkeum on a steaming bowl of white rice. It’s also good in kimbap and bibimbap. It’s the brininess of the sea with a little sweet and heat.
Here is how Eun Jeong makes it. For...
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We had a nice quiet Christmas in the ZenKimchi household. I didn’t even bother doing any herculean feats of cooking. But I did make my Eun Jeong a nice breakfast featuring her favorite, Mammy’s French Toast. Mammy was my great-grandmother who could make any food taste good. She made stuff that we kids would...
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To an expat like me, Korean Christmas lacks the warmth of family and tradition. It’s a new holiday, and it’s treated more like Valentine’s Day. It’s been around for a while, at least since G.I.s gave gifts during the Korean War. But I’d give a guess that it hit big commercial holiday status...
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Check out today’s JoongAng Daily for a piece I wrote about surviving Christmas in Korea as an expat–especially for those of you who don’t want to shell out $100 for steam table turkey.
Beat the buffet rush and cook at home with friends (JoongAng...
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