Yonhap feature: 'Culinary connoisseurs crave kimchi crocks'
My first article for Yonhap News Agency posted today. I interviewed Adam Field, an onggijang (kimchi crock potter) based in Durango, Colo. He hand-produces onggi … Read more
Yonhap Feature: Manhattan ushers in the modern Korean dining experience (in Korean) 한글번역) 맨하탄의 모던 한식
I translated my latest feature article for Yonhap News (Manhattan ushers in the modern Korean dining experience) into Korean. 얼마전 연합뉴스 영문판에 쓴 기사지만, 더 많은 … Read more
ZenKimchi in All-Korean Issue of Plate Magazine
It’s been a few months in the works, but the all-Korean issue of Chicago-based Plate Magazine has hit newstands. Plate is targeted to chefs and … Read more
Korean Food the Big Trend in 2011–We Mean It This Time
Restaurant Consultants Joseph Baum & Michael Whiteman Co. Inc. predict Korean food will be popular in 2011. Yes, they’ve predicted this every year since, I … Read more
Korean cuisine rolls into Eat Real Festival 2010, San Francisco Bay area
Among the more than 80 caterers, mobile and brick-and-mortar restaurants, and food-related vendors at the second annual Eat Real Festival in the San Francisco Bay … Read more
Seoul Food in the Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal has produced a couple of pieces on Korean food’s modernization, featuring Seoul as a new foodie destination. Great read. They also … Read more
Report: 2nd Annual Korean BBQ Cook-Off in Los Angeles
Last year ZenKimchi had reported on the very first Korean BBQ Cook-Off event in Los Angeles, California. Specifically in L.A.’s Koreatown district. It was a … Read more
Korean tacos come to Atlanta
by Tammy Korean taco trucks are no longer limited to America’s West Coast cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco and Portland. Now Atlanta, the largest … Read more
Product Review: Annie Chun's Korean Sweet Chili Noodle Bowl
The Korean blogosphere has been spinning recently over how to introduce Korean cuisine to American markets and, particularly, what should be role of the South … Read more
BiBi–Oh, NO-O-O!!
Here it is, folks. Meet your new master. Remember the beloved Cafe Sobahn in downtown Seoul? It closed down to create this: The name “Bibigo” … Read more