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The Language of food

I ate at “Korea Restaurant” in Minneapolis today (I love the brevity of the name, as it describes the establishment with extreme...

South Korea 2023. Chal-ddeok at the Korean Dessert Cafe.

Vanilla classic crowns novelty. Red bean jam. Rice cakes stand Sentry. Black sesame seeds disguised as Oreo dust. The hidden treasure of...

South Korea 2023. Arrival.

Lobby lines converge at the horizon point beyond my imagination where pets provoke Mona Lisa’s bold lipstick smile and perfectly applied...

South Korea 2023. Approach.

Fumbling fingers. iPhone captures 30 second delay. Cloud framed doorway radiates pink. Blue translation from 35,000. Beloved adoptive...

Click

As a very young child, I hated the click of my bedroom light switch at night as it announced my parents’ departure. I am told my panic...

Navigating Race Within Our Own Families

As a child, I didn’t think much about being a foreigner in my own family – despite what the mirror told me every day. As an adult with...

Pink Sunsets

Pink sunsets remind me of the evening we poured my adoptive grandmother’s ashes into the Gulf of Mexico. Stop reading this post if...

Violent Tears

Brought to violent tears. The kind that echoes childhood and primal pitches as emotions tumble onto the floor. Ukrainian news provoked...

Magic Korean Powder 11/18/2021

Gochugaru = Magic Korean Powder Unlike the outrageously powerful (and delicious) kick of Latin peppers, gochugaru steeps into your...

Kimjang and Kimchi 10/27/2021

Driving home with 2½ gallons of kimchi, sporting red splatters on my coat from the gochugaru (Korean red chili powder) mixture, I looked...