The American Museum of Natural History’s current exhibition Our Global Kitchen: Food, Nature, Culture explores the complex and intricate food system that brings what we eat from farm to fork. In sections devoted to growing, transporting, cooking, eating, tasting, and celebrating, the exhibition looks at the many ways that food is produced and moved throughout the world. A working kitchen at the museum, featuring cooking demonstrations and food samples based… Read More

(The Wednesday, May 1 program at The Korea Society is sold out. However, Venerable Dae Ahn will also be giving cooking classes at Contemporary Korean Kitchen on May 2, 4, and 5 so please visit CKK’s web site for further information.)   Korean Temple Food with Venerable Dae Ahn from The Korea Society on Vimeo.   For over 1,700 years, in Buddhist temples across Korea, monks and nuns have prepared… Read More

What makes K-Town one of the most vibrant cultural neighborhoods in New York City? Mother and daughter Hae Wha Pak and Christina Jang, owners of the popular K-Town restaurants Kunjip and New Wonjo, respectively, share the history, successes, and challenges that have transformed 32nd Street from a one restaurant neighborhood in 1979 to the densest restaurant block in NYC today (with thirty-three restaurants!). These two generations of K-Town restaurateurs provide… Read More

--SOLD OUT-- Worried that Korean cuisine is too complex to cook at home? In this demonstration, Chef Walter Rhee shows how easy it is to make Korean classics, like fresh sautéed spicy cucumber (oi moochim), spicy fried rice cake (tteokbokki), Korean rice dumpling soup (tteokguk), chap chae, beef bulgogi, and pork bulgogi. Using shortcuts and tricks developed from years in the kitchen and a food science background, Rhee will amaze… Read More

Chef Haelin Lee returns to The Korea Society for a special holiday cooking demonstration and hands-on workshop on seasonal teas and Korean sweets. We’ll brew Omija and Honey Tea; prepare several traditional Korean sweets (Walnut and Persimmon Roll Gotgamssam, Chestnut Paste Yullan, and Sesame Candy Kang Jung); and discover how to bake dried fruit. Chef Lee will also share some holiday packaging ideas so you’ll be able to take home… Read More

Lauryn Chun, founder of Mother-in-Law’s Kimchi, launches her new book, The Kimchi Cookbook: 60 Traditional and Modern Ways to Make and Eat Kimchi, at The Korea Society on Wednesday, November 28. A superb introduction to making kimchi, the evening will inspire you to try Chun’s inventive Kimchi-inspired recipes, like Kimchi Oven-Baked Baby Back Ribs, and make many different kinds of kimchi at home. Lauryn, joined by Tara Q. Thomas, Senior Editor for Wine… Read More

Hooni Kim elevated Korean cuisine in New York City when he opened his restaurant Danji in December of 2010, and promptly received a Michelin star in 2011 for his inspired traditional, as well as modern, Korean food. Danji was conceived as a Korean tapas bar and The New York Times described his small plates as “magical,” “luscious,” and “pretty great” while praising him as a “terrific cook.” Hear how Hooni… Read More

Learn to make two complete traditional vegetarian Korean meals during this two session hands-on workshop and demonstration at Whole Foods Market (Bowery Culinary Center). Chef Haelin Lee, a student of Blue House chef and Korean Master Jungyoung Sun, is a dynamic, young and accomplished traditional Korean chef, catering to clientele in the New York area. Chef Lee will demonstrate how to prepare various types of Korean banchan, or side dishes and how to… Read More

Restaurateur and Top Chef contestant Angelo Sosa brings Korean spices to his award-winning cuisine in his first cookbook, Flavor Exposed, 100 Global Recipes from Sweet to Salty, Earthy to Spicy. A collaboration with renowned food and health writer Suzanne Lenzer, Flavor Exposed was inspired by Sosa’s travels in Asia, and lists recipes according to his own “Flavor Map” of ingredients. Sosa, a student of chefs Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Alain Ducasse,… Read More

Did you ever dream of quitting your job and traveling the world? Well, the Bibimbap Backpackers did just that. Come meet these five travellers who journeyed to 4 continents, 15 countries, and 22 cities in over 8 months in pursuit of their goal of introducing Korean food by serving “100 tables” of bibimbap. New York is the backpackers’ final destination and they will visit The Korea Society to share their… Read More