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ryleeys · Joined: 22 Dec 2003 Location: Columbia, MD

I personally love cooking... my kitchen back in America is beautiful and cooking it is a joy. But here, I have a small two burner stove, a counter the size of a notebook, and a fridge even smaller. So, cooking loses alot of its appeal. Throw in that I have no where to sit in my apartment other than my bed and that I generally really dislike cooking for myself, eating out is my best option. It's really the only way to get (or even see) any form of social interaction in a day.

coolsage · Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 8:12 pm Post subject:

It's true: kitchens in this country are a cruel joke, and counter space is a tragedy. Trying to do serious cooking is a challenge involving a lot of manipulation. But I suppose that if all you're serving up is kimchi, soup and rice, you don't need much space. Korea: the land where culinary imagination comes to die.

peppermint · Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 8:46 pm Post subject:

I can usually find a small supermarket where they'll let me buy a handful of garlic- though the shop girl who weighs it usually laughs and throws more in. Confused

What gets to me is the endless variety of vinegars here, relative to the very limited variety of everything else. .

mindmetoo · Joined: 02 Feb 2004

panthermodern · Joined: 08 Feb 2003 Location: Taxronto

Jamie Oliver is my current favorite TV chef and is on regularily on Korean TV ... about 50% of what he does can be done with a Korean Kitchen set up ... 75% if your clever.

I was luck enough to get "Jamie's Kitchen" cookbook for X-Mas and it is pretty good.

For people who download I sugest:

Oliver's Twist - Jamie Oliver's cooking show
Good Eats - Alton Brown (on of the Iron Chef guys USA)
Hot Off the Grill with Bobby Flay - Bobby Flay
The Iron Chef - (Hoi!)

and of course

BANG!

Emeril Live.- Emeril Lagasse

Old skool: Graham Kerr

avioid "The Restaurant asshat Rocco"

ryleeys · Joined: 22 Dec 2003 Location: Columbia, MD

I used to watch Food Network religiously and "Iron Chef", "Good Eats", and "Oliver's Twist" and "Naked Chef" were must sees.

Alton Brown is my favorite though because he actually does explain his recipes much better than the others. Plus, the others claim to do simple things, but Brown actually does things that I've cooked.

panthermodern · Joined: 08 Feb 2003 Location: Taxronto

Alton's food is simple and his show are theme based which is good BUT for cooking in Korea you can learn more from Oliver i.m.h.o.

Alton's mantra that every tool has to have more then one use is a good one BUT he still uses a lot of tools.

Oliver is more ingredient based, rides a scooter, (copied that from me) and relies on baking pans, tin foil and lemon zest.

(the fruit not the mod)

The Iron Chefs .. Like restarants, they very rarely use a oven ... which of course serves korea style (it was originally a Japanese show)