A few years ago, our Korean dry cleaner (sounds horribly stereotypical and it is, but they were awesome) taught G how to say ‘Happy New Year’ in Korean. G asked this poor man to say it over and over again as he wrote it down phonetically on a dry cleaning receipt. He kept this piece [...]
TOPICS: korean food
Feb 10 2007
Ignorant vs. Kosher
Every time I go to the grocery store, I see this and I can’t help it — I roll my eyes. Every time. And to no one in particular (or to G, if he’s with me). If I’m with the twins, I inexplicably rush them away so they aren’t exposed to the idiocy of [...]
Dec 15 2006
Seoul Food, Uhma Style
For lunch today, I made the kids some rice [bop], and gave them some seaweed [kim]. The twins love this meal. It’s like peanut butter & jelly for Asian kids—an easy in. This meal gives me a lot of warm memories from growing up; I can picture myself sitting at our kitchen table and eating [...]
