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Luckiest Brat in the World

June 21, 2010 dinner event

Hello, hello! Guess where I am now? I’m in my Mother Country, Korea! I left Singapore last night and took an overnight flight with my parents to Incheon, and now we are spending a day here to recuperate before meeting my grandmother in Seoul, then traveling 4 hours down south to my “hometown” in Jeon-Ju. [...]

Tagged as: beef, bread, cake, cheese, chicken, chinese, deep-fried, dessert, fish, fried, fruits, garlic, kimchi, Korean, noodles, pickles, pork, rice, roasted, seafood, shrimp, spicy, tofu

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What it means to be a Host

April 11, 2010 My story

Did you know? My brother is a hospitality management major. He kind of copied me, because that was what I wanted to major in before I finally settled on journalism. Also, I told him that you don’t have to study as hard as a hospitality major, so that might have given him an extra incentive [...]

Tagged as: apples, chard, cheddar, cheese, cream cheese, Korean, mozzarella, pickles, sour cream, spring greens, vegetarian

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Foodbuzz 24, 24, 24: Korean Fusion Street Food BYOB

March 27, 2010 dinner event

After several consecutive sleepless nights and two exams in a single day, you’d think I deserve a rest. But no. I was walking a mile to Ralph’s, taking an hour’s metro ride to the Korean supermarket, then chopping, slicing, mashing, and mixing in the kitchen, all in preparation for my Foodbuzz 24, 24, 24 event. [...]

Tagged as: adzuki, apples, baked good, beans, beef, cabbage, carrots, cheddar, cheese, chinese, dessert, feta cheese, gochujang, Greek, hotdog, Japanese, kimchi, Korean, mexican, muffin, mushrooms, nori, nuts, onion, pasta, pear, pickles, pita, pizza, pork, rice, salad, slaw, soy sauce, spicy, sprouts, sweet potatoes, taco, tofu, tuna, walnuts

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I’m Not Cheap-Quality

October 13, 2009 My story

I really don’t know what I was expecting. Did I seriously expect to maintain my straight-A status here in USC? After three to four years of academic break? After years of thinking and doing nothing but being obsessed with food and disordered thoughts? Did I really think I would just gracefully leap right onto the [...]

Tagged as: bread, cheese, egg, George Foreman, ham, kabocha, pickles, product review, tomatoes

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Message from my English Student

September 29, 2009 eating out

Each night, with bleary eyes and aching fingers, I still have my eyes glued to my Macbook, typing out an email to my parents. Yes, I email my parents every night. And strangely, our relationship seems to have crossed another level through our daily online communication. While it takes me a mere 10 minutes or [...]

Tagged as: Asian, beef, chicken, kimchi, Korea, noodles, pancake, pickles, porridge, rice, seafood, shrimp

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One Month

September 20, 2009 eating disorders

While talking to my parents on the phone yesterday night, my mom reminded me that it has been almost exactly one month since I’ve been away by myself in college. “Do you remember the last time you were away at Northwestern alone?” my mom asked. “Exactly a month later, you gave us a call while [...]

Tagged as: bell peppers, cheese, chocolate, cookies, eating disorder, olives, onions, pickles, pizza, pretzels, product review, shrimp, sweet potato