Pepero Day is Tomorrow!
Pepero Day in South Korea is November 11th.
What’s Pepero Day? What’s Pepero?? You don’t know what Pepero are? [Read more…]
Exploring Korean-American Heritage & Interculturalism
Pepero Day in South Korea is November 11th.
What’s Pepero Day? What’s Pepero?? You don’t know what Pepero are? [Read more…]
Today, I’m going to give you the recipe for easy and delicious Korean-style pork chops. Yum!
Growing up, we ate a lot of pork. I can’t recall if it was just cheaper than other meats or if it was just my parent’s preferences. In any case, I remember having pork in a variety of ways. But you know what? I didn’t like it!
Sure, we had the occasional bacon which I loved. But who doesn’t love bacon?
That wasn’t the usual way my mom made pork. She usually made bossam (boiled pork wraps). I’ll try my hand at that dish another time.
But today, this pork dish is pan fried to get that beautiful caramel brown and roasted until fully cooked (if necessary). It’s going to be juicy and tender! [Read more…]
Know someone who loves to cook international foods? Or better yet, specifically Korean food?
Or, perhaps they love K-dramas and want to try their hand at some of the foods they’ve seen on screen. (By the way, did you know people get paid for having people watch them eat food? Yeah, so weird. It’s called mukbang.)
Whatever the reason, you’re going to find the perfect gift for them in this guide for Korean food lovers.
Tip: Getting a few of the smaller items and putting them into a basket would be an awesome gift.
It’s a popular street food in Seoul. Thus it’s cheap and oh-so yummy!
Korean egg bread is a small loaf of bread (duh), that has a whole egg cooked inside. It’s typically sweet and spongy. Although it’s not cloyingly sweet. So you can eat a ton of these and not get sugared out. 😉 [Read more…]
I’m not talking about scoring the last popsicle or finding pizza bites at the back of the freezer. If you’re Korean-American like me, or of some other first generation, you know of the surprises I’m referring to. And you’ve probably discovered some surprises in your mom’s kitchen over the years as well. [Read more…]