Everyone has favorites when it comes to food. For me, food is not just a means to survive…it is meant to be relished, savored, appreciated, and enjoyed. I was never a fussy eater. Sure, I would squirm and make faces when mom served me mung dal (a kind of lentil) or lauki (gourd), but...
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For the first time in the eight years that I have been in the States, I had an amazing cultural and culinary adventure. A Korean coworker took me to one of her favorite restaurants, a little eatery tucked away in the corner of a shopping center - Cho Sun Myun Oak. It was a...
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I remember when I flew to San Francisco from Iowa City the first time in September 2002 — my eyes and mouth remained open the whole time I toured the city. For someone coming from a town where the tallest building is eight stories high and scenery is defined by corn fields spotted with...
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