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Eat Your Kimchi does it again!

Nanoomi.net is having a party! We want to give our readers a chance to meet some of our bloggers and hear about the new projects we’re rolling out. 나누미(Nanoomi.net)에서 블로거분들과 함께하는 파티를 개최합니다. The event itself will be casual, with light food (including Korean tacos!), drinks, music and short presentations by some of our bloggers. 이번 [...]

The New York Times has a fascinating look at the contents of MREs (Meal, Ready to Eat) from countries around the world.  These field rations offer a remarkable look at what different nations find edible and portable, fit to feed their soldiers on the go.  Check it out here (영어링크)

For once, a competition Fatman can enjoy without being picked last in gym class! Sure, the Korean team may have been knocked out of the World Cup, but you can always enjoy a cup of makgeolli in consolation.  Or, take a more celebratory tone by turning your attention to the Makgeolli World Cup ~ this [...]

For all those of you who couldn’t make it to the event itself, the Korean subtitled version of Zen Kimchi founder Joe McPherson’s TEDxSeoul talk, “How should the Korean government promote Korean food” about ideas for successfully globalizing Korean food is now up. Enjoy, and congrats Joe!

Fatman often briefly thinks about doing more reviews of Lotteria’s uniquely Koreanized take on fast food,  but Hwarangi at A long time ago when a tiger smoked a cigarette . . . (whew!  even the abbeviated ALTAWAT is a mouthful!) seems to have done it already . . . Go checkout her review of the [...]

FatManSeoul has gotten right back into the swing of things by giving a short presentation on Korean food blogs, blogs about Korean food, and what this means for globalization and popularization of Korean food for TEDxSeoul‘s salon at General Doctor! Our action-packed 3 minutes (ok, 4 . . . you didn’t really think we could [...]

축하합니다 to Joe McPhearson and Eun-Jeong, the Zen Kimchi pair:  They go together like 신라면 and 소주!  Peanut butter and jelly!  오징어 and 땅콩! Cheese and crackers!  빈대떡 and 막걸리!  Congrats to you both!

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 [...]

Chef Kim of Star Chef will be on EBS!  Check it out: Best Cook Recipe 10 Aug. – 15 Aug. Mon.- Fri. 11:00 – 11:30 AM Rebroadcast on Sat. 12:00 – 02:30 (5Programs) http://home.ebs.co.kr/cook/index.html *방 송일시* *[EBS TV] *월~금 오전 11시 ~ 11시 30분 (30분) 토 낮 12시 ~ 2시 30분 (종합재방송) *진 행*: 박수홍 [...]