Tag: food systems

  • Korea on a Plate: Rice, Seaweed, Fermentation, Barbecue, and the Story of Modern Appetite

    Korea on a Plate: Rice, Seaweed, Fermentation, Barbecue, and the Story of Modern Appetite

    Modern Korea is urban, successful, intoxicatingly intense, and beautifully overwhelming. And like many countries that experienced fast economic growth, Korea’s diet changed dramatically – but was it for the better? Subscribe to my articles on Substack. I came to Korea expecting food to be complicated. Not because Korean food is complicated in itself — although,…

  • Food Is Not “Just Food” Anymore

    Food Is Not “Just Food” Anymore

    Why the way food is made matters more than what ends up on the plate “It’s just food” is one of the most misleading phrases we use in modern life. We say it to calm things down.To close a conversation before it becomes uncomfortable.To signal that we’ve gone far enough — and should return to…