[Photographs: Chichi Wang] The memorable meals in our lives take place in the presence of friends and family. Dishes we cook for those we love leave indelible impressions in our minds, like culinary timestamps. Even so, I eat some...
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You Will Need Ice (1 tray/bowl) Sweetened Condensed Milk Sweetened Adzuki Bean Paste (You could also try making this at home) Matcha Powder Fruit Cocktail Tteok/Mochi/Rice Cake Green Tea Ice Cream (or whichever flavor you'd like) Shaved Ice Machine...
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Kimbap (pronounced keem-bahp) is the quintessential Korean packed lunch. Many of you might know this as "Korean sushi." Find out what's inside and how to make it.
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If you are anything like me, food shopping makes you hungry. I've tried eating before I go to the market but I invariably get hungry halfway through my trip. In a prefect world I would be able to do some...
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Roasting a whole fish can still feel daunting for me, and I'm not sure why. I cook whole chickens and five-pound hunks of pork without much issue. But as Pat Tanumihardja describes in this NPR story, much of that...
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Photograph from Adactio on Flickr While many people subscribe to the mantra of, “why make it when you can buy it,” we think many Serious Eaters are like us in the Chile Pepper office. Why buy it when you can...
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Just add water! And tofu, and spinach, and... The best part of this recipe is that it is essentially just based on condiments and pantry staples I always seem to have around. Mark Bittman is so good at these impossibly...
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I'm still new to this whole Korean barbecue world, but my first foray into the cuisine amazed me. It was kalbi (or galbi), and it has you take thinly sliced short ribs (one of the toughest, fattiest cuts on...
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I'm not sure whether I love the flavors of bibimbap or just twirling around the ingredients in the big bowl. It's such a thrill, and the results are always delicious. But I figured it was something to be indulged...
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Spurred by the recent coverage of Los Angeles-based food truck Kogi BBQ, which sounds quite like heaven to me, I've been thinking a lot about this Korean-Mexican marriage. And I like it. I wanted to taste it firsthand, but couldn't...
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