In my writing class the students were supposed to brainstorm about disturbing trends in Korea and I said that Black Bean Tea was a disturbing trend. Then I went on to expound on the ghastliness of corn tea (it tastes like soggy popcorn!) and that this will lead Korea to make teas from everything: from flower teas, bundaeggi tea, water tea, book-tea, and even pen-tea. The last one was a mistake. My class exploded with laughter and I was left red faced. Dan

here are lemon bars that I made for Colettes Christmas bash. Banana cranberry bread Kris Kringle cookies: white chocolate , macadamia nuts and candied cranberries made by the wonderful Tracy. The lovely Colette Mistletoe The best peanut butter icecream cake ever! My christmas haul of turkey, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, roasted potatoes, corn, pumpkin, limabeans and deliciousness. The lovely Maggie

The Korean Ajumma, wanted in connection with pushing shoving, bad fashion, and the nasty glare. Originally from the Dowlerseoul files. It's a great blog about a family's life in Seoul. Check it out here.

Allrecipes.com has been redesigned and I really like how they've added an ingredients calculator. You just plug in the number of servings you would like to make and it will recalculate it for you. Check out the site here. www.allrecipes.com Simple Whole Wheat Bread SUBMITTED BY: Nita Crabb PHOTO BY: MommyFromSeattle "Simply a great-tasting and easy-to-make whole wheat bread." RECIPE RATING: ...

Hey everyone, I would like to invite you to a New Year's Eve event that TBS efm is hosting. The radio station is hosting a party that is open to all- especially foreigners in the city. It is going to on Wednesday, December 31 from 7-10pm-so it would be a great place to pregame before heading out to another New Year's Day party. It is going to be held at Nam San Gukakdang (Classic Korean Music Hall) in Nam San Korean village. Directions are below. They will have live music, free T-shirts, and lots of free beer. Yes, you heard me correctly: free beer. And they will be giving away 10 iPods! I think they'll be giving other things away too. There is going to be an after party and lots of cool bands. Kim Yong Woo, Lee An, Kim Mok Kyung, Windy City, Mithy Mouth, The Choi Chi Woo Band, We need Surgery, Fan Death, New Town and Achtung and Dynamic Duo will be performing. It's going to be a totally rocking Christmas Eve. The registration period is over, but I have been given a bu...

This is an amazing cooking show featuring two very saucy hosts. It has a biting sense of humor and it has sarcasm verging on the surreal. It features Simon and Minty Marchmont. I found them caustic at first, but their little anecdotes and witticisms made me warm to them. One of my favorite scenes has a blindfolded Simon trying to find the best olive oil or as he says it, "I am looking for that exra virgin purity. He says this as he tastes the first one, "that's been around the block a couple times." As for the second he says, "The common old tart. What mummy would have called a vile little hussy." And for the final one, "Oh heaven. That's an absolute Brittney." They throw in little quips alluding to their wealth and their dysfunctional marriage and family. Here is episode 3 where Simon makes fun of Minty's pronounciation. I love her phrasing such as, "interrograte the mussels," "tumble the paella," and "join us ne...

This School has closed. If you are looking for Korean cooking classes, please go to www.ongofood.com Traditional Korean Cooking Class 잡채 JABCHAE (potato starch noodles, stir-fried with vegetables) 약식 YAKSIK (sweet rice with pine nuts, chestnut, jujubes, honey) 2009, 19th January, Monday, 10:30 am-01:00 pm Participation Fee: 10 000 won Address : RINAI ACEDEMY, Line 2, Hongdaeibgoo Station (239). (Meet at the Itaewon∙Hannam Global Village Center at10:00am) 5F Hannam Bldg., 737-37 Hannam-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul 140-893, Korea Tel: 02-796-2459~60 / Fax: 02-795-1154