Courtesy of Dubuque Humane SocietyThe minute Susan Kurowski’s husband woke up after heart valve-replacement surgery four years ago, he looked at his wife and asked, “How’s the puppy?” When she came back the next day and the day after, it was the same question. The puppy, a stray that one of Kurowski’s friends had found,…
Photography by Christopher TestaniRecipe by Rachel RayThis recipe originally appeared in our Winter/Spring 2021 issue. Get the magazine here. 4ServingsIngredients2 tbsp. EVOO1 onion, finely choppedSalt4 cloves garlic, chopped or sliced1 cup vodka1 can (28 oz.) crushed Italian tomatoes or 2 cans (14 oz. each) Italian cherry tomatoesA handful of basil leaves, torn4 to 5 ounces ‘nduja…
This is Highly Recommend, a column dedicated to what people in the food industry are obsessed with eating, drinking, and buying right now.When my husband and I were shopping for essential appliances for our empty apartment in Taipei, I immediately beelined for a matcha green Tatung electric steamer. “I don’t know if a steamer is…
These healthy cauliflower recipes make the most of our favorite crucifer. While loads of vegetables are destined to play supporting roles in our meals, cauliflower is hefty enough to stand alone as the star. We love it grilled like steak and topped with peppy walnut caper salsa, minced into a bright and vinegary vegetarian larb,…
Our book, It’s Always Freezer Season, is all about using the freezer more strategically, with recipes for your “freezer pantry” that will help you get to dinner faster—things like buttermilk biscuit rounds and chicken stock—as well as freezer-friendly mains, like enchiladas and macaroni and cheese, that can be made completely from start to finish, then…
Health and Welfare Minister Kwon Deok-cheol in a statement on Sunday threatened Koreans restaurants, bars and other businesses with “zero tolerance” if they violate lockdown rules. Interior and Safety Minister Jeon Hae-cheol also announced an “intensive crackdown” on violators. The dire warnings came as daily coronavirus infections rose above 500 for several days in a…
Several young North Korean defectors have taken to YouTube to offer a peek into their lives under the repressive regime and adjusting to the free world. One young activist in the U.S., Park Yeon-mi, opened a YouTube channel called “Voice of North Korea” last August. She compares the U.S. and North Korea by talking about…
The number of nominal stock investors under the age of 10 surpassed 110,000 last year, up 3.4 times from a year earlier. According the Korea Securities Depository, the number of child investors stood at 113,014 in 2020, up a whopping 243.2 percent from the previous year. The figure jumped dramatically last year, even more than…
Soaring property prices in the Seoul metropolitan area mean that even the Lotto jackpot is no longer enough to buy a top-range apartment there.According to the Ministry of Economy and Finance, the average prize money of top lottery winners was W1.7 billion last year (US$1=W1,129). In 2010, the jackpot of W2 billion would have been…
The price difference between cheapest and most expensive apartments in the country is the widest as government efforts to tame the property market backfired. According to KB Kookmin Bank on Monday, the average price of the top 20 percent of apartments across the country stood at W1.02 billion, compared to W116 million in the bottom 20…
