by Nicky | Feb 4, 2011 | Korean cooking, Soup
Without family, Chinese New Year (gu jeong – 구정) seems like just another public holiday. When I was living in Sydney, I began to forget the importance of Chinese New Year, because being in a western city the focus was always on the calendar New Year (January 1)....
by Nicky | Feb 2, 2011 | Korean cooking, Korean grocery stores
Last month, I was invited to an event organised by CJ Korea one of the largest food companies in Korea. They found me through Google (how did we ever survive without the internet?!) and at the time it sounded like some kind of some product promotion. CJ Korea is...
by Nicky | Jan 30, 2011 | Gardening
For my birthday I received five books from Korea and one of them was on how to grow any kind of vegetable on a balcony garden. It seems more and more people in Korea are becoming interested in healthy living and with cost of vegetables going through the roof, growing...
by Nicky | Jan 23, 2011 | Chicken, fish, Korean cooking, Noodles, Salad, Soup
Apologies for posting this one so late. My husband’s birthday was in November and I am only now posting photos of his birthday dinner. I decided to cook only traditional Korean birthday dishes for my husband, without even asking him what he wanted for his...
by Nicky | Jan 9, 2011 | Baking
Here are some pictures of my Christmas baking that kept me busy during December. I know I don’t upload photos of my baking normally but before I discovered the pleasure I got from cooking, baking desserts was the only thing that I enjoyed. I have been making...
