Kimjang is the Korean tradition of making a whole winter’s supply of kimchi in one go, usually in late November or early December. For generations, it was one of the biggest events in a Korean household’s year. Relatives gathered, neighbors helped each other, and dozens or even hundreds of heads of napa cabbage were salted, … Read more
How Koreans eat at home looks almost nothing like the Korean food that reaches the rest of the world. The grill in the middle of the table, the tongs, the sizzle — that is a night out. It is real, it is enjoyable, and it is not what Tuesday dinner looks like. Tuesday dinner is … Read more
Korean restaurant etiquette involves a handful of conventions that nobody explains, because everyone here grew up with them. Most of them are the opposite of what you would expect coming from a Western restaurant, and getting them wrong tends to make visitors more cautious than they need to be. The Side Dishes Are Free, and … Read more