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Charles Phan, Budae Jjigae, The Best Cookbooks of 2014
San Francisco chef Charles Phan shares his personal journey, from leaving Vietnam in 1975 to opening The Slanted Door twenty years later. Plus, Celia Sack of Omnivore Books shares her top cookbook picks of 2014, and we explore the complicated history of the Korean stew budae jjigae.
By Evan Kleiman • • 57m ListenSan Francisco chef Charles Phan shares his personal journey, from leaving Vietnam in 1975 to opening The Slanted Door twenty years later. Plus, Celia Sack of Omnivore Books shares her top cookbook picks of 2014, and we explore the complicated history of the Korean stew budae jjigae.
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7 storiesCharles Phan and The Story of the Slanted Door
Charles Phan is the chef and owner at The Slanted Door in San Francisco. His new cookbook is The Slanted Door . We’ve got a recipe for his Sticky Rice with Sweet Potato on the Good Food Blog ...
Read the story14 minBudae Jjigae - A Stew with a Murky Past
Grace Cho teaches sociology and anthropology at the College of Staten Island. She is also the author of Haunting the Korean Diaspora : Shame, Secrecy and the Forgotten War. Her article on the complicated history of budae jjigae , or military stew, appeared in the quarterly magazine Contexts.
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Jonathan Gold is the Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer for the Los Angeles Times. This week he reviews Kazu Nori , the latest outpost of the Nozawa empire.
Read the story7 minThe Best Cookbooks of 2014
Celia Sack is the owner of Omnivore Books in San Francisco. Find her list of the year’s top cookbooks on the Good Food Blog .
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Sarah Kate Gillingham is the co-founder of The Kitchn , an award winning cooking website from Apartment Therapy. She co-wrote The Kitchn Cookbook with Faith Durand. The Kitchn Cookbook is the latest cookbook pick for KCRW’s cookbook club. Find out how you can join the cookbook club here .
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