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Halloween is coming and in preparation, I've been scrounging around the web to find some good videos. Here's one a super creepy one I found from Snickers- It gives me the chills! And here's a fun video I found on how you can make your very own bleeding zombie brains. After the jump, watch videos on the Windsor Pumpkin Regatta and Delaware's "Pumpkin Chunkin Contest.

Kimchi Found for Cheap! My buddy Danny wrote to me concerning my previous post on Kimchi. Here's what he said:  Link to this post:   http://www.google.com/buzz/116419200995170296019/XoPLc2tdJ6y/Is-Kimchi-worth-its-weight-in-Gold 7:33 am Daniel Gray: Is Kimchi worth its weight in Gold? 9:08 am Danny Byrnes: I just bought two heads for $4 each here. I'm going to try making kimchi today. 9:29 am Daniel Gray: Where did you get it for $4! 9:31 am Danny Byrnes: Bellevue, Washington, US of A! I think I'm going to Washington. Who's coming with me.

The napa cabbage prices are getting ridiculous. The other day I bought a head of napa cabbage and it cost me 15,000 won ($13.00) a head. And what makes it even worse is that the heads are smaller. As the owner of a cooking school that regularly does a kimchi making class, our costs for material is taking up a huge percentage of our cooking class fees. We've had to adjust, so now we are making different types of kimchi: turnip greens, green onion, cucumber, and turnip. I think many people forget that kimchi is not one particular dish, but a technique. Kimchi is a way of preserving vegetables for the winter when vegetables are hard to come by. There are, reportedly, over 130 different types of kimchi and even more in North Korea. In a way, the napa cabbage kimchi is a good thing- it diversifies the types of kimchi that people will make this year (this will make farmers diversify the number of crops they'll plant this year.) My blog-buddy, Zen Kimchi, was recently quoted in...

Nightlife in Korea is exciting and the best place for nightlife is in Hongdae. Whenever I have guests visit me, I take them out to the back side of Hongik University (Walk down from Sangsu Station Exit 2). Here you can find great bars, clubs, and ramen shops . Cocktails in a Bag at Vinyl in Hongdae, Seoul, Korea Twice Born Fried Chicken in Hongdae, Seoul, Korea

Bulgogi with Chive and Apple Salad Chef Hyejin at O'ngo Culinary School is an amazing cook. Everyday I get to "test" her creations for our cooking classes. We are constantly developing new menus. Her food is very subtle, yet full of flavor. Yesterday, she made a lemon butter chicken with the homemade butter- she can do more than just Korean food. Chicken and Ginseng Soup

Persimmons by Lindsey Huster October in Korea. This season is known for its foliage- a glowing exterior that resonates just as warmly as cherry blossom season. Colors like cinnamon, crimson, and golden rod adorn trees. An unmistakable orange hue, however, also comes into fruition this season. Ah yes, the color of a persimmon. I cannot conjure a better produce-personification of Korea- or for that matter, South East Asia. I can even recall my first persimmon encounter in Korea. It was  fall, my first weeks in Korea (which also happened to be my first few weeks without a proper sandwich). As I cut thick slices of what I believed to be tomato, I uncovered rather the delicately sweet, but also tart treat. As a fruit, it does appear to be a kissing cousin of the tomato. Although a bit oversized and with a pointed bottom, some persimmons carry the familiar red hue and skin consistency of a tomato. Others tend to be more orange and smaller shaped.  Both grow, however, o...