Thanksgiving Chronicles Archives

The Expat Quest for Thanksgiving

Christina called me over to her half-basement apartment for Thanksgiving. This was my first year in Korea, 2004. She and Glen held this each year for expats and any Koreans who wanted to attend this exotic holiday with the mythical turkey beast—a foreign flightless...

Korean Kitchen Hacking: The Turducken Roll

Featured, Food Porn, Korean Kitchen Hacking, Recipes, Thanksgiving Chronicles

Being Korean American, my family had a lot of learning to do in the American culture department. Peeled apple on a chopstick was my lollipop. I once heard Oprah say that moms who lovingly cut the crust off their kids’ sandwiches – THAT was love. I needed...

Kimchi Stuffing

Christmas Chronicles, Modern Korean, Thanksgiving Chronicles

Posted by Tammy I didn’t have time to make a YouTube video version of this recipe before Thanksgiving, but I didn’t want the recipe to collect “dust” on my computer’s virtual shelf so I submitted my kimchi stuffing recipe to...

Big Hominid's Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Chronicles

I find it fascinating watching people adapt their cultures to different cultures. In America, I remember a few instances, like the Brazilians next door having their BBQ parties (amazing!). My Somalian friend Taj doing his evening prayers using pizza boxes as a prayer...

Maori Thanksgiving