Monthly Archives: April 2010

Globalizing Korea: A Rhetoric of Food

Daniel Gray, a Seoul Eats food blogger, recently published an op-ed in the Korea Herald regarding the public and private efforts to export Korean culture to the West—particularly to the United States. With coverage from the New York Times, CNN, and other high profile news organizations in the US, the government seems to be doing a fair job of gaining the attention of Western eyes, and now is focusing on making Korean food America’s Next Top Asian Cuisine. But these agencies certainly could be more effective in their pursuit. Continue reading

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Biking among the cherry blossoms

The timing of our trip to Gyeongju couldn’t have been better. We left on the tail end of the first week of April and a cycling challenge I am participating in called 30 Days of Biking. It was also smack … Continue reading

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30 Days of Biking

I recently began participating in a great online group called 30 Days of Biking. The goal, to ride your bike every day during the month of April.

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