seoul food for people who love to eat
For those of you looking to broaden your cultural horizons, Fatman suggests the following delicious opportunity (one of the Seoksu artists, Elaine Tin Nyo, is working on a project on Korean fermented food and drink, hence Fatman’s steak in the matter.) Should prove interesting and tasty:
Invitation
2008 Seoksu Art Project (SAP) cordially invites you to the [...]
The uberblog of Koreablogs, The Marmot’s Hole, found a fascinating article about the increased popularity of Korean and Asian food across America - including at Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky:
The new Korean menu at Murray State University in Murray, Ky., is a hit, and the best proof is the empty plates. Dishes come back [...]
Fatman is pleased to announce that we have joined the metablog Hub of Sparkle! What’s that, you may ask?
. . . We wanted to create a place where foreign folks living in Korea can meet and put their heads together on a broad range of topics, especially those having to do with the more rich [...]
Fatman just ran across this fascinating website about Joseon-era cusine. 한국어 링크:
조선시대식문화 Check it out!
The latest issue of Gourmet magazine has a positively Proustian look at the summer noodle we all know and love: Naengmyeon!
In the spirit of the Omnivore’s 100, the big bad daddy of Korean food bloggers Zen Kimchi has come up with his own list of 100 Korean foods you have to try. The usual rules apply: Highlight any you’ve eaten, and comment if you like. Fatman has done a lot of highlighting, [...]
Since we’ve been talking about the perils of bad service . . .
Stephen Colbert and Steve Carrell show us a valiant attempt that goes very, very bad in this skit from the short-lived Dana Carvey Show: Waiters who are Nauseated by Food.
From the comedy group Improv Everywhere.
Most people were rightly impressed with the amazing amount of food that Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps manages to chow down every day. But how much more impressive would it be if his powers of eating were combined with those of world champion hot dog eater Takeru Kobayashi for the ultimate power breakfast battle?
It might [...]
This history of the 20th century through . . . food?
음식으로 역사를 배울 수 있어요? 너무 신기해요!
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