The food of my childhood is incomplete without the flavor of tamarind: Cycling to school meant sucking on one of the tamarind candies stuffed in my pockets. Meeting friends for paani puri, a crispy fried dough filled with a medley of chutneys, including the ubiquitous tamarind chutney, was a weekly affair. And on the long…
As a third-culture kid, I felt an instant connection to Jackrabbit Filly, a new Chinese American restaurant in Charleston helmed by owners Shuai and Corrie Wang. Here Lunar New Year is celebrated with a special menu that pays homage to family celebrations full of food, fireworks, and mahjong. Traditionally, Lunar New Year meals involve several…
Nonalcoholic beer used to feel like an afterthought, thrown at the bottom of beer lists or onto the most out-of-reach shelf at the liquor store. Because, to be quite frank, nonalcoholic beer was an afterthought. As the availability and quality of craft beer skyrocketed over the past decade, non-drinkers and the sober-curious were stuck with…
Alliums thrive in the South almost year-round and are available as a storage crop when not in the ground. Maricela Vega, the chef at Atlanta restaurant 8ARM and founder of Chicomecóatl, an organization centering the foodways of Indigenous Mexican diaspora, likes to confit them in oil, a simple technique that creates fatty-rich full-on flavor. Garlic,…
This creamy vegan sauce comes from Maricela Vega, the chef at Atlanta restaurant 8ARM and founder of Chicomecóatl, an organization centering the foodways of Indigenous Mexican diaspora. Cashews are often used to create dairy-free condiments, but Vega’s desire to work with regional harvests inspired her to use locally-grown sesame seeds instead. You can adapt this dairy-free recipe to…
Photography by Kate MathisRecipe by Nicole PapantoniouThis recipe originally appeared in our Holiday 2020 issue. Get the magazine here.Start to Finish: 10 Hours (includes overnight chilling)Servings: 12Ingredients10 large eggs2 1/2 cups whole milk2 cups Italian cheese blend (about 8 oz.)1/2 cup chopped spicy soppressata (about 5 oz.)1/2 cup chopped sweet cherry peppers2 tsp. dried Italian seasoning1…
Korea will not achieve herd immunity against coronavirus until November this year, health authorities here warned Tuesday.The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said coronavirus vaccinations will start next month, but people between 19-49 who make up the bulk of the workforce will not get vaccinated until the third quarter, when all high-risk or priority…
Tech companies now account for 63.3 percent of the Korea Composite Stock Price Index, a massive increase from two decades ago. The proportion of tech companies has risen from just 25.4 percent in 2000 to 39.5 percent in 2005 and 43.4 percent in 2015. On the service side, shares of Naver and Kakao have gone…
Households are spending a record portion of their earnings to repay debts as people borrow more and more to finance increasingly expensive homes or stock speculation.Korea’s household debt service ratio (DSR) stood at 12.6 percent in the second quarter of last year, according to the Bank for International Settlements on Tuesday. The DSR is the…
The government posted a budget deficit of nearly W100 trillion until November last year because it pushed through four supplementary budgets despite dwindling tax revenues (US$1=W1,095). The country’s sovereign debt soared to a record W826 trillion. According to the Ministry of Economy and Finance on Tuesday, the government’s budget deficit reached W98.3 trillion from January…
