When it comes to a summer season, out of all kinds of leafy vegetables to make kimchi with, the young nappa cabbage comes its best to make summer style kimchi. This summer cabbage kimchi has the tender crisp leaf and stem, just perfect texture for kimchi. As I was growing up, I have seen my mother making summer cabbage kimchi from scratch every summer season. She used fresh red chili for the seasoning. It tastes good on the same day it was made as fresh kimchi, but it tasted even better after ...
Korean Spring Cabbage Salad, the sign of spring
Every country has its own salad that welcomes season of spring. I remember when there was a spring cabbage salad on our dinner table at my house in Korea, it gave me a warm feeling, even as a child, that spring finally has come. Spring creates a sense of hope and excitement. As a child I did not like the winter at all. It was windy and dreary, too cold to play hide and seek, or other games outside. When the weather gets warm many young girls in our neighborhood used to get ...