◆ Vegan & vegetarian food guide for Korea ◆ Eating like a local ◆ K-food culture and Korean food language ◆
It's one of the oldest methods of getting food: Foraging. To forage means to search for food in nature. It is looking for food in the wilderness or similar uncultivated areas, i.e. somewhere the plants have not been intentionally planted or are being farmed by humans. 🚜 It used to be the daily life of... Continue Reading →
No. This is not a tomato. 🍅 No. It's not advisable to use this fruit for classic pasta sauce. 🍝[But go ahead and try if you feel adventurous.]* Even though this fruit has a spherical shape and smooth, shiny skin with deep orange color, it has little kinship with tomatoes. 🚫🍅 It is the fruit... Continue Reading →
Can you find a connection between squirrels, Romans and Koreans? Here's one: Acorns. Everyone knows that squirrels are fond of nuts, including those of the oak tree. 🌰🐿 Archaeologists and historians know that also humans have consumed acorns since ancient times. 🌰🏛 Who knew that at present, foods made from acorns are a significant ingredient... Continue Reading →
Vegan sushi (chobab 초밥) with slices of gonyak. This is no regular sushi! 🍣 This is vegan sushi. What is that translucent topping? 😶 Doesn't it look like slices of squid or some other type of seafood? It's a vegan jelly produced from the root of a plant scientifically called Amorphophallus konjac. This kind of... Continue Reading →
Sesame Sprinkles 