Stories and ideas about small-scale agriculture, heritage food, and our local communities.
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Read more: Right Under Your Nose – Shepherd’s Purse 냉이Shepherd’s purse (냉이) is everywhere, and it’s early leaf shape is easy to mistake for a common dandelion. It lacks the milky liquid of the dandelion, and has a distinctive flower and seedpod, the latter from which it derives its…
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Choices, Choices, Gwangju Whole Fried Chicken
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Read more: Choices, Choices, Gwangju Whole Fried ChickenKorean whole fried chicken takes it to the next level. There are blogs and even a documentary on Netflix about it. For context, when a restaurant specializes in something here, it really specializes. If it’s beef-bone stew on the sign,…
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Happy New Year! It’s Now or Never
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Read more: Happy New Year! It’s Now or NeverAs the saying goes, time flies when you’re having fun, Happy New Year everyone! We’ve all heard it, that “every year goes faster than the last,” or some variation of the same lament. It’s a universal truth that most of…
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Traditional Markets Offer a Slice of Life
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Read more: Traditional Markets Offer a Slice of LifeI could write an entry every week just about the different traditional markets (전통시장), their history, and the many facets I love about them. To me, life in Korea is not complete without a connection to the traditional markets, their…
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A Night of Martial Law in Korea
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in GeneralRead more: A Night of Martial Law in KoreaI write this from Korea, following a short but indelible declaration of martial law. We’re not in the business of breaking news or politics, but we’ve had quite a few people ask what is going on. Being that we’re not…
