Culinary Diplomacy With a Side of Kimchi

[lsanderson]

BEYOND THE KOREAN BBQ Kim Yoon-ok, the first lady of South Korea, flips a savory pancake stuffed with seafood, scallions and slivered red peppers during a demonstration in Great Neck, N.Y.
By JULIA MOSKIN
Published: September 22, 2009
GREAT NECK, N.Y.

TALKING about food is built into the job for first ladies: cookie recipes, menus for state dinners and, now, organic farming are all in their sphere of influence. But Kim Yoon-ok, the wife of the South Korean president, Lee Myung-bak, seemed to go beyond the call of duty on Sept. 21 when she picked up a spatula to cook pajeon — savory pancakes stuffed with seafood, scallions and slivered red peppers — for a group of American veterans of the Korean War. More

Recipe: Tteokbokki — Korean Rice Cakes with Red Chili Sauce (September 23, 2009)

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[cakmpls.livejournal.com]

Oooooh, pajeon, my favorite!