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Pizza Hutt is gambling a temporary name change can make their customers more aware of another, softer side of their menu.  From the Korea Times / 한국일보:
In an unconventional marketing move, Pizza Hut Korea announced in a press conference Monday it will temporarily re-brand three of its Seoul branches as “Pasta Hut” for a month [...]

For any who are interested, Fatman was a guest on the Seoul Podcast this week, but the real reasons to tune in are the wonderful women behind Crazy Korean Cooking.

Regina Schrambling at Slate Magazine has some strong words against Turkey Day and all the toil it entails for the poor, hapless foodwriter.  Sara Dickerman, in the same issue, goes on the record as being pro-sweet potato saute, but anti-brining in her excellent rundown of what the major American food mags are saying about the [...]

A quick roundup of some delicious goings on in the Korean blogsphere . . .
First, Wine in Korea has ventured from purely potent potables (for which they are an excellent source of information, particularly for those of us who rely on fine retailers like E-Mart to fill our snifters) to include a simple yet elegant [...]

Oh My News에서 빼빼로 데이 역사 설명!  And a little wikipedia-lovin’ here (영어) and here (한국어).  Gotta love those completely commercial holidays invented out of the whole cloth!   And of course, the 빼빼로 홈피!

Gourmet magazine has more that just some delightful soju aperitifs in the latest issue - they also took a jaunt to Seoul’s very own Noryangjin Fish Market. Check it out!

Over at Oh My News, Robert Neff has a Halloween column well worth the read for some spooky stories of Seoul and beyond . . .
Check out this clever way to get rid of certain spirits:
According to an article published several decades ago by Yi Kyu-tae, there were several ghosts “sighted” in Korea following the [...]

Yes, there’s yet MORE melamine fun from China . . . this time in the form of powdered eggs!
Watch the MBC coverage here (한국어 링크) and the YTN version here (한국어 링크)
or read about it in English here (Korea Times)

From business journalist Daniel Gross in today’s Slate Magazine:  Do Starbucks spell financial doom?  Gross connects the density of Starbucks in a country’s financial capital with the catastrophic financial losses of the past few weeks.
My tentative theory: Having a significant Starbucks presence is a pretty significant indicator of the degree of connectedness to the form [...]