Yesterday I was invited to be a judge for the New York City preliminaries of the Global Taste of Korea contest. This is a Korean cooking contest held by the Korean Cultural Service all around the world in Norway, France, Vietnam, Malaysia, Russia, Thailand, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Chile, Australia, New Zealand, the UK, the Philippines, Algeria, Peru, New York and Hawaii. […]
Hello everybody! Let’s learn how to make jumeokbap today! Jumeok literally means ‘fist’ and bap means ‘cooked rice,’ so jumeokbap is the Korean word for any kind of dish that consists of hand-shaped rice balls, no matter the size, ingredients, or seasonings used. There are many kinds of jumokbap (just like there are many kinds of gimbap – seaweed […]
See the recommendations here! Over the years of running my website, many of my readers have let me know that they love making Korean food but they have a problem finding Korean ingredients where they live. That’s the main reason I started my Korean grocery store section, so we can help each other find Korean grocery stores […]
Do you like shrimp? I think pretty much all seafood lovers will accept a shrimp, if offered. Korean cuisine has many recipes that use shrimp, and I love them all, but today I’m going to show you how to make shrimp pancakes (saeujeon: saeu means shrimp and jeon means pancake) from jumbo shrimp. Yes, I said jumbo […]
Hello my cookbook purchasers! Have you enjoyed some recipes from my cookbook? Yes! I know many of you have already made delicious dishes from the cookbook! I’m very excited whenever I get messages from you guys about it, or see your photos on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and your own blogs. I wanted to make a […]
Hi everybody, I’m so excited today because there’s an article in The New York Times about me, on the front page of the Food section! A couple weeks ago Julia Moskin from The New York Times came to my house to film a video where I show her how to cook bulgogi. Of course I […]
If you’ve been watching my videos for a while, you’ve probably seen me eating purple rice. Sometimes dark purple, or sometimes lavender, it has a beautiful color and stands out on any table. It’s Korean multigrain rice, called japgokbap in Korean. It’s a pretty simple recipe and there are many variations to it, and I will […]
Brown sweet rice is a type of short grain sweet rice, and has more starch and is much stickier than usual short grain rice. This is why it’s also called “brown glutinous rice”, because it’s like glue, not because it has gluten. It tastes chewy and earthy when cooked, and is great for mixing with other […]
Which to get? Both are best sellers and either one is a good choice if you want to learn Korean home cooking. Maangchi's Real Korean Cooking has all the recipes for all the essential Korean pastes and sauces, but my second book Maangchi's Big Book of Korean Cooking has more recipes, more photos, and more variety.