Everyone has their cookie preference - soft, chewy, crispy, thick, thin and so on. There's not really a right or wrong answer, persay but I grew up eating bordeaux pepperidge farm cookies. Thin and crispy (!). Although, I have grown to like soft and/or chewy cookies too. But, nonetheless, our family ...
Korean Honey Ginger Tea (Saenggang Cha)
I am totally behind on uploading recipes... So it's nearly spring now (some days it IS spring) and some days the weather tricks us and winter storm Stella hits. Aside from this mid-March winter storm, it's been a fairly mild winter (knock on wood) in the DC area but that hasn't stopped everyone ...
Korean Actor Cha Seung Won’s Spicy Pork Stir-fry
Cooking shows galore! They have really taken off over the past few years in Korea with so many cooking tutorial shows, cooking game shows, nutrition shows, restaurant touring shows and the list goes on. Being a chef in Korea was not a career that was looked highly upon but the view has changed ...
Braised Pork Ribs with Kimchi
After all of the luscious, waist expanding delicious sweets, it's time for some spiciness to balance it all! It's also cold (freezing) here in the northeast and winter is here to stay. It's not really welcome to stay but I don't think winter will be leaving for a few months, so, might as well ...
Korean Sweet Potato Tart (Goguma Tart)
One of my favorite foods in the winter is Korean sweet potatoes (goguma 고구마). Sweet potatoes often found and used in Korean recipes are different from the ones we find most common here in the States. There are two main Korean varieties - mul goguma and bam goguma. Mul goguma is more pale yellow in ...
Tteokbokki + Fire Ramen = Fire Rabokki
Potential fire in your mouth with this rabokki! "Buldak Bokkeum Myun" translates directly into fire chicken stir-fried noodles. These instant noodles (ramen) were all the rage a few years ago inKorea and have taken YouTube by storm with hundreds of eating challenge videos. They are ...
Bulgogi Spaghetti Aglio Olio
Classic east meets classic west. So, to start off, I'll say I'm not the biggest fan of Korean bulgogi or Italian pasta. I love eating Korean BBQ with my friends and family but bulgogi, a classic Korean BBQ meat, is not my favorite. Bulgogi, though is more traditional, is approachable to non-Koreans ...
Korean Sweet Pumpkin Pound Cake (Kabocha Pound Cake)
It's fall! and everyone is cooking up orange pumpkins in their kitchen but I am in my corner cooking kabocha squashes and Korean sweet potatoes. I love these two ingredients all year round but they are the star in the cold months. I've been experimenting here and there with these two and today's ...
Stir Fried Beef Brisket and Mung Bean Sprout (Chadolbaegi Sukju Bokkeum)
My husband and I like to spend some lazy days on the weekend binging on TV shows for hours on end. One of the shows we watch is "I Live Alone", a Korean reality show that follows a few well known entertainers that live by themselves and their daily happenings. Recently, one of the famous MCs who ...