by shinshine | Mar 18, 2012 | In the Press, Shameless Self Promotion, Tour Stories, Traveling
Here is my latest feature article for Yonhap News. I started working on this in Seoul then finished it when I came back to New York. I am introducing a few different options for people who are considering a Korean cooking class in Seoul. The table below... 
by shinshine | Mar 9, 2012 | Korean Food 101, Korean Recipes, Top Posts
[media-credit id=52 align=”alignnone” width=”700″][/media-credit] Clockwise from the top left are seawater tofu, dallae (달래 – small wild onion or Allium monanthum), naeng-yi (냉이 – Capsella bursapastoris), and godeul bbaegi (고들뺴기... by shinshine | Mar 2, 2012 | Korean Food 101, Korean Recipes, Top Posts
[media-credit id=52 align=”alignnone” width=”700″][/media-credit] One thing I miss about living in Korea is the abundance of sea vegetables. Although more people are now aware of and have found applications for a couple of kinds of dried... by shinshine | Feb 25, 2012 | Traveling
Here are a few things I’ve been doing in Seoul for the last 2 weeks… Pollock stew (생태찌개 – saeng tae jji gae) in a brass pot cooked at the table. Once ignored as a reminder of the hard times, this type of thin brass pots and bowls called yang-pun... by shinshine | Feb 7, 2012 | News & Media, Traveling
It’s already been 10 days since I arrived in Seoul. I try to keep a relaxed vacation pace, but that doesn’t seem to be working (not that I’m complaining). Here are a few photos of my first days in Korea. This was my first time to Tong Young (통영), a...