by Tammy | Aug 19, 2012 | Commentary, Featured, Globalization, Korean Food Globalization, News & Media
Banchan is as intrinsic to 한식 hansik (Korean food) as pork is to Spanish cuisine. It would be anathema to have one without the other. A Korean restaurant without 반찬 banchan might be called a Chinese or Mongolian restaurant by the culinary illiterate. Even if a Korean... 
by ZenKimchi | Jul 3, 2012 | Globalization, WTF
I guess kimchi is really catching on now. The Korea Times has posted a story on two brewers, one from Ontario and the other from Philadelpia, who have incorporated kimchi into making one of their beers. How did this idea come about? Jimmy McMillan from Philadelphia:... by ZenKimchi | Feb 2, 2012 | Commentary, Globalization
A BBC article was recently published, “Selling South Korea: No ‘sparkling’ brand image” by Lucy Williamson. It delves into the Korean governments efforts to promote Korea’s brand. Williamson interviews government officials and experts... by ZenKimchi | Dec 6, 2011 | Globalization, Korean Food Globalization, WTF
Okay, so now we’re seeing what the government’s spending spree to K-pop producers’ pockets is producing. Brace yourselves. I present the Wondergirls with “K-Food Party.” Kinda feels like a 1980s ABC Saturday morning PSA, right? I also... by shinshine | Oct 25, 2011 | Featured, Globalization, Newsletter, Press, Shameless Self Promotion
By ShinHere is my latest article for Yonhap News (연합뉴스), for which I got to spend an evening with chef Youngsun Lee and fun people who gathered to learn Korean food at the Institute of Culinary Education. I appreciate the help from the school, chef Lee and the... 
by Tammy | Aug 4, 2011 | Featured, Globalization, News & Media, Press, Shameless Self Promotion
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 for customers eager to make their own kimchi with the same methods Koreans have used for more than 5,000...
