The Korean Vegan

Hey Reader, If you're new here, you're probably here to snag that FREE EBOOK I practically sold my soul to make for y'all. If that's the ONLY reason you're here, scroll on down towards the middle and you'll find it. The rest of this email will include my weekly musings on relationships, mental health, and storytelling. Today's essay is on why I hate text messages LOL. But if you're really only interested in the recipes, I get that. Click here and from this point forward, you will ONLY get the...

Hey Reader, I wanted to share two stories with you this morning; two gestures I've been turning over in my head the past few days: Story 1. On November 8, 2016, I got dressed, brushed my teeth, put my shoes on, and got into the passenger seat of my boyfriend's car. He said nothing. Maybe the radio was playing? I don't remember. I gazed out the window. Everything looked white, blasted with too much light. The trees bore leaves that appeared dried out. The pavement seemed somehow.... harder....

Hey Reader! Pumpkin spice season is in full swing, but if you're like me (not drinking dairy), Starbucks' most popular beverage of all time is off limits to you. Which I find totally unfair! For those who've never had it, it's quite delicious (I used to drink it every fall before I went vegan). For those who've had it and miss it, I empathize! But, ya know what they say: if you see a problem, you might have to come up with a solution! In other words, I decided to just try making my own...

Hey Reader, You've probably noticed the writing that precedes my recipe inspo has gotten shorter and shorter. This was partly because I was traveling a lot, partly because I was doing a lot of writing elsewhere, and partly because I worried that many of you didn't sign up for my rather long ramblings on this, that, or the other. And I get it. But, two updates: (a) just handed in the draft of the first chapter of my memoir; and (b) was just told that Cookbook 2 is on its way into production!...

Hey Reader, Happy Chuseok! What is Chuseok, you ask? It is often referred to as Korean Thanksgiving, but it is technically a three day harvest festival that occurs in the fall. It is one of the most important traditional holidays in Korea and, as I'm sure you figured out on your own (because you are a smart person!), folks celebrate it with foods from the fall! The following are four (4) recipes that you can make to celebrate your own version of Chuseok! Bindaetteok. When I told my mother I...

Photograph by Tek Chung. Listen To This Week's Newsletter Spotify | Apple Hey Reader, So, I was recently chatting with a good girlfriend of mine and she was telling me how she almost got "canceled" in class (she's studying to be a therapist) for suggesting there might be some positive attributes to self-discipline. Wait, back up. What? Since when was "discipline" a dirty word? Do you think self-discipline is generally a negative thing? I've always viewed discipline to be a tool, one that...

Hey Reader, If you're a long-time follower, then you probably already know that I'm not a big fan of salads. Korean cuisine is not salad-heavy. In fact, we never ate salads growing up and thus, I could never really get around to developing a taste for them. If you want to eat lettuce, wrap it around some protein with a little rice ("ssam"). If you want some spinach, boil it and put it in some kimbap. If you want cucumber, stuff it with carrots and gochugaru to make kimchi. If you want a...

Listen To This Week's Newsletter Spotify | Apple Hey Reader! A couple weeks ago, I posted a video that I dubbed "Perimenopausal Cooking." It was meant to be a tongue-in-cheek recipe "how to" for kimchi jjigae, while also grousing about my recent experience with "the great change." Many women commented with solidarity and their own experiences with pre-menopause, often providing very thoughtful and honest advice about how to manage things like night sweats, earth shattering fatigue, and hot...

Hey Reader, If your kitchen looks anything like mine, it's drowning in peaches, zucchini, and berries. I've been cobbling as much as I can these days, and I figure, you might need a little inspiration to use every last bit of peach you have left! So, without further ado, feast your eyes on 5 Recipes to Use Up All Those Peaches! Gluten-Free Vegan Peach Cobbler. If you've made my Vegan Blueberry Cobbler, then you know this is going to taste amazing!! GET THE RECIPE Peaches & Cream Galette. With...

Listen To This Week's Newsletter Spotify | Apple Hey Reader, For the first half of August, the Olympics have allowed us to witness all manner of extraordinary, almost inhuman levels of athletic achievement. The Games have also provided a welcome respite from much of the heaviness that has pervaded global politics over the past several months, even as the U.S. heads into the final stretch of its general election season. While Simone Biles, Katie Ledecky, and Novak Djokovic have dominated the...