jiwonnyJan 1How a Poet Who Didn't Go to Cooking School Learns Culinary Acumen I didn't go to cooking school. Most of my culinary acumen has come from cooking my family's recipes for over twenty years. As we say...
jiwonnyNov 27, 2022What Kimchi Means to Me (and what it might not mean to you)Many years ago, an owner and chef of a restaurant I really liked told me he made kimchi, and proceeded to describe his process. I didn't...
jiwonnyOct 1, 2022Reading Your Words Out LoudThe act of reading your words out loud, the words you've been gestating in your soul, heart and brain for days, months, years (or even...
jiwonnyJul 6, 2022Leaving Day, 1972I come from a big family. You wouldn’t know it though because we were so alone on 107th between Broadway and Amsterdam. Look at these...