Picking Korean chilli peppers to make Gochugaru
my parents-in-law grow enough chillies to keep us going for the year! So this weekend we went to Gangwon-do to help them pick the chillies.
Read Moremy parents-in-law grow enough chillies to keep us going for the year! So this weekend we went to Gangwon-do to help them pick the chillies.
Read MoreThe diet in Korea has changed a lot, but there’s one dish that has stood the test of time: juk (rice porridge)
Read MoreIn summer when it’s tradition to eat samgyetang chicken and ginseng soup, you can also find this limited edition of samgyetang noodle soup on the shop shelves!
Read MoreThe design of the label for this ‘old fashioned’ makgeolli says so much with just one simple hanja (Chinese character)! The hanja represents the concept of ‘old.’
Read MoreI like the unassuming onggi pot. It’s the work horse of the ceramic world! Outdoors in all weather, it’s had
Read MoreIn the supermarkets, I’m drawn to the the displays of mysterious dried woods and roots used to add flavour to
Read MoreHaemin Sunim is probably the most internationally famous Korean monk at the moment. (He’s got over a million followers on Twitter!) But there are several other monks who are popular in Korea and internationally.
Read MoreThere are always apples on our ancestral table at Lunar New Year. They go at the front next to pears
Read More‘Spawn of pollock‘ sounds to me like an insult you might hear in Game of Thrones. But it’s not an
Read MoreChilled sour soups with vinegar and mustard, mugwort aromatic herb, chicken with ginseng, and the five flavours of omija juice
Read MoreDoes the idea of sweetcorn ice-cream sound strange to you? It did to me – I think in Britain, sweetcorn
Read MoreWhen the rainy season gets underway, jeon savoury pancake restaurants become popular. So I started wondering why do people eat savoury
Read MoreThere’s a rice cake for every season and every occasion! And there are plenty of fun Korean idioms involving rice cake too. Here’s
Read MoreThere are several ways to eat blowfish in Korea – raw, in soup, in salad, steamed, or deep fried. I
Read MoreIt’s Dongji, (동지 冬至) winter solstice, on Dec 22 and the traditional dish to eat is patjuk, 팥죽 red adzuki bean porridge.
Read MoreFrom Santa Bears to Sweet Dreams it’s the season to enjoy the delights of this year’s Christmas muffin designs from
Read MoreMaking winter kimchi (kimjang) in large amounts from start to finish can take a couple of days since you have
Read MoreA huge inflatable kimchi pot bouncy castle for kids. A person dressed as a Napa cabbage. Someone else as a
Read MoreI will celebrate Halloween with one of my favourite pastimes – eating. Here are some festive Korean Halloween muffins.
Read MoreThere’s a rice cake for every occasion. Rice cakes help celebrate events, improve health, bring good luck, and scare away
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