Korean Christmas Drinks: Beverages That Feel Like the Holidays

Korean Christmas Drinks: Beverages That Feel Like the Holidays

Korea’s Christmas traditions may not have the same historical weight as in the West, but they’ve come a long way since the late 19th century, when missionaries introduced the holiday, even installing a Christmas tree in the palace by request of the queen. I’m...
2024 Holiday Gift Guide: The Best Korean Food & Culture Gifts

2024 Holiday Gift Guide: The Best Korean Food & Culture Gifts

Looking for the perfect holiday gift for the Korean food lover or culture enthusiast in your life? Whether they’re obsessed with kimchi jjigae, exploring Korean traditions, or crafting their own bibimbap, this guide has you covered. Here’s the ultimate 2024 holiday...

Christmas Rice Cake

  Merry Christmas! Today, I present my Christmas rice cake to you.  Although I started with a grand vision of creating a whole Santa’s village, after a tree and Santa, I came to senses and accepted the lack of my skill, patience, time and space (on the cake...
Korean Christmas Cakes 2010

Korean Christmas Cakes 2010

Okay, we get it. It’s winter. Can we have the sun and warm weather back please? We’ve just had the coldest December day in thirty years. A perfect day to go out and take pictures of Christmas cakes. As snarky as I may get about some of the cakes, I admire...
Black Sesame and Chestnut Scones

Black Sesame and Chestnut Scones

[media-credit name=”Shinshine” align=”alignnone” width=”350″][/media-credit] December is the busiest month for restaurants and my schedule doesn’t allow me to spend much time in my home kitchen.  Yet, whenever I...

German Christmas Market

One thing I miss about Germany is Christmas, and I was too young and stupid when I lived there to appreciate it. A Weinachtsmarkt (Christmas Market) is full of the smells, sights and sounds that are the origins of worldwide Christmas traditions. Today (Friday) until...