[HanCinema's Digest] Food Lovers' Lane

Published on 2017/01/07

My Korean Kitchens shares 10 popular New Years dishes, two grandmas talk about their shared love of dumplings, Samsung unveils a new high-tech refrigerator, and get your octopus on with Maangchi.

"10 KOREAN NEW YEAR FOOD YOU SHOULD TRY"

In case you missed it, and are still curious about what dishes South Koreans enjoy around New Year, Sue from My Korean Kitchen shared this post in December that features a number of popular Korean dishes to help usher in 2017, including tteokguk (Korean rice cake soup), kimchi mandu (dumplings), matsal jeon (heart-shaped crab omelettes), and bulgogi (Korean BBQ beef). It's not too late to get cooking and celebrate 2017 with these great Korean dishes…

…READ ON MY KOREAN KITCHEN

"A Jewish Grandma and a Korean Grandma on the Art of Dumpling-Making"

This is great: Grub Street has brought a Jewish and Korean grandma together to share their thoughts on the art of dumpling-making. In this post by Chris Crowley, you'll hear who taught these ladies their craft, the key to their dumpling-making success, and what they each think of the other's creations.

…READ ON GRUB STREET

"Samsung to unveil voice recognizing smart freezer at CES"

The gap between technology and how we consume food is closing, and it should come as no surprise that South Korea is leading the way here. Samsung recently revealed its new cloud-based, voice-activated refrigerator at the Consumer Electronics Show, world's largest electronics show. "Users can issue voice commands to learn the weather and time, add products to shopping lists and order groceries online, manage to-do lists as well as calendar schedules, in addition to controlling various other apps"-the future, in South Korea at least, is now.

…READ ON THE KOREA HERALD

"Braised octopus"

Learn how to make braised octopus with Maangchi in just 10 minutes! Maangchi is the author of "Real Korean Cooking" and creates easy-to-follow recipes for making some of Korea's most beloved dishes. Here you will find a video of Maangchi making braised octopus with detailed step-by-step instructions so you don't have to worry about going astray. Octopus up!

…READ ON MAANGCHI