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Fatman hopes you’re all enjoying a wonderful 추석 (chuseok), and chowing down on all sorts of delights. As part of the festivities, we (recycle and re)offer this guide to the most important part of the holiday: 차례 (charye), or the ritual offerings of food and drink to the ancestors. Most importantly, we [...]

Fatman의 사진에 대하여…
최근에 우리는 우리가 찍은 사진에 대해 몇 가지 질문을 받았습니다. 그래서 우리의 촬영방법에 대해서 간략하게 소개할까 합니다. 첫 번째는, 우리의 장비입니다.
We’ve fielded a few questions recently about our photography, and we thought we’d make a brief post talking about how we shoot. First of all, our equipment:
We use the Nikon D60, [...]

To add more fuel to the dog eating controversy, we present to you recent studies that suggest that dogs may first have been domesticated not for their adorable antics and friendly companionship, but rather for their deliciousness. Via the New York Times (영어링크)

Seth’s Travelog has put up a post ranking coffee according to his experiences in Asia. Now, we know taste is highly subjective, but we have to say . . .

Seth, you really need to get out more! Leaving aside the fact that you spoke of Japan without mentioning the sacred Doutor Coffee Co. [...]

For all those who missed it, yesterday was 초복 (chobok), the first of the three 삼복 (sambok). Supposedly the hottest days of the year according to the lunar calendar, these are the times that try men’s air conditioners and call for special nutritious foods like 삼계탕 (samgyetang: whole boiled spring chickens stuffed with [...]

It’s tea time!  Although not well known beyond these shores, Korea has a long and venerable history of tea cultivation and appreciation.  Records of tea ceremonies go all the way back to the Three Kingdoms Period, and tea plants were introduced sometime in the seventh century. Tea remained a very important ritual beverage, particularly [...]

즐거운 파이 데이 보네세요!
왜 “Pi Day” 이라고요?
3월 14일 = 3.14 =
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Why the Pi? Because March 14 = 3.14 = Pi!  So, in celebration of Pi Day, go grab yourself a bite (or a whole) pie.  Cherry pies, apple pies, pumpkin pies, pecan pies, chess pies, cream pies,  meat pies, or any other kind of pie [...]

The Korea Times is running a new searies trying to help foreigners learn enough Korean to navigate the restaurant scene, but Fatman is less than sure that this is going to help much . . . so, what do you, O Wise Readers!, think would be a better approach?  What kind of information does the [...]

‘Tis the season for merrily making off with 매주!
These compressed soybean blocks are the building tools of all our favorite flavorings, from 간장 to 됀장. The soybeans are first cleaned, then mashed and formed into bricks before introducing bacteria to start the fermentation process. Depending on the size and kind of block, they hang [...]

Fatman has long noted the American preference for a foodstuff that Koreans turn up their noses at, but today’s Slate Magazine has an article detailing why 미국사람 seem to go nuts over PB.