Kimchi Carbonara and the Korean Diaspora

Good morning. For The Occasions this week, Elyse Inamine wrote concerning the difficult relationship Korean adoptees in America have with Korean meals, notably amongst those that’ve develop into cooks. “They’re coming to phrases with a heritage they didn’t develop up with,” she wrote, “and enthusiastically expressing it via the susceptible, public act of cooking for others.”

The recipes are terrific, and ideal for the approaching days. There’s the kimchi carbonara (above) that the chef Melanie Hye Jin Meyer makes in St. Louis, for which she combines her Midwestern love of cheese with strategies and recipes she realized watching YouTube movies and TikToks. There’s the gochujang barbecue sauce that the chef Tory Miller developed in Madison, Wis., a smoky-sweet tincture that pays homage each to his household’s love of grilling and the place the place he was born. (Attempt that with tendies!)

After which there’s the chef Peter Serpico’s hobak jeon, pan-fried zucchini he realized from his mother-in-law: floured, egg-battered with a whisper of fish sauce then fried, served alongside a sweet-salty dipping sauce. That sounds prime for dinner, perhaps with some Korean fried rooster or cauliflower to observe. (One of many guidelines round right here: If you happen to’re going to fry, fry every thing.)

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Some housekeeping: I managed to bungle the spelling of Neiman Marcus on Friday, placing the “i” in entrance of the “e.” Additionally, in writing concerning the lifetime of the chef Helen Corbitt, who labored at Neiman Marcus, I mentioned that she moved to Texas to handle a tearoom on the College of Texas. In actual fact, she moved to Texas to show tearoom administration on the College of Texas and there opened the tearoom she managed. Lastly, on Sunday, I misattributed the origins of the celery Victor served at Inga’s Bar in Brooklyn Heights. Whereas Sean Rembold is the proprietor and a chef on the restaurant, the dish isn’t his creation, however that of the restaurant’s head chef, Tirzah Stashko. Hail her! And do settle for my apologies.

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