by Tammy | Nov 11, 2015 | Beverages, Commentary, Ingredients, Korean Food 101, Korean Food Globalization, Modern Korean
The first-place winner of the recent Korean Sensation Culinary Contest at The Culinary Institute of America’s Napa Valley campus is neither a traditional North American college student nor a stranger to Korean cuisine. A native of Montreal, Stephen Neumann came...
by ZenKimchi | Sep 27, 2013 | Beverages
It’s already been a year since Daniel Tudor’s column in The Economist about the sad state of South Korean beer, even when compared to North Korean beer. It wasn’t the beer itself he bemoaned but the lack of choice. Only three major brands with little...
by ZenKimchi | Nov 27, 2012 | Beverages, Commentary
Not to be outdone, legendary Korea pundit and one-time ZenKimchi contributor Andrew Salmon has a thing or two to say about Korea’s flaccid beer duopoly (flaccid in the taste, not the power). If the government lowered the ceiling on beer production, it could...
by Steve | Oct 10, 2012 | Beverages, Books, Nothing to do with Korea, Shameless Self Promotion
If you have enjoyed my occasional posts about coffee in Korea, you might like my new book, The Coffeeist Manifesto, just released on the Amazon Kindle store. This book contains everything the novice coffee aficionado needs to know about the coffee industry, how to...
by Steve | Jun 20, 2012 | Beverages, Korean Kitchen Hacking, Tips, Top Posts, Top Posts - Winter
Following up on the theme of my last post regarding a coffee question from a ZenKimchi reader, I thought I would share my personal method for making cold brew coffee. If you ask a coffee connoisseur to recommend a ‘coffee maker’ for you, they will...
