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So here’s my excuse for not posting lately…I have been taking Food Stylist classes in Korea since January. In the recent weeks, we have had 3 photo sessions where we prepare the food and table setting and a professional photographer takes food photos for us. It is total chaos until everything from table linen to […]

Buchimgae is such a simple dish and yet the many possible variations makes it a must have in your everyday repertoire of Korean recipes. It is most delicious when it is just directly off the hot pan, freshly cooked, still steaming hot. The simplest version has just one kind of vegetable such as zucchini, chives […]

Cookie contest update: Thanks to all of you who ‘like’d my cookies on the C4C FB page, I was one of the top 3 with the most likes. And I will be getting my runners up prize very soon! Couldn’t have done it with you all..감사합니다 (Kamsahapnida). I also want to thank all my readers […]

Here it is – FINALLY a Yaksik recipe that I’m happy with. One that’s easy and quick but also authentic tasting. I wanted to post about Yaksik much sooner but the recipe I got from my mother-in-law takes about 8 hours (not including the time to soak the rice in water) which was just too […]

Yakwa(약과) is a traditional Korean sweet pastry that is rich with flavors of ginger and honey. It was my most favorite snack growing up and I tasted hundreds of Yakwa in my life but I have never tasted one that is as light and flavorful as this one. This recipe that I learned from my mother-in-law […]

Korean Honey Pastry(Yak-Kwa) I have heard this story from my husband’s oldest uncle when I first got married but I really did not realize the significance of it until now…you can find several different versions of this story on the Korean internet but here is the family’s version. Hopefully my daughter will be able to […]