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Jan 20, 2025 | 
onegreenplanet.org | Joanne Lee
By This recipe is the healthy-ish answer to your chocolate prayers. These elegant dark chocolate cups are filled with a creamy, rich mixture of tahini, almond butter, and a dash of cayenne to give them little something extra. Plus, they are really simple to make and store well in the freezer. Spicy Chocolate Almond Butter Tahini Cups [Vegan, Gluten-Free]How to Prepare Spicy Chocolate Almond Butter Tahini Cups [Vegan, Gluten-Free]Report an Issue
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Dec 17, 2024 | 
koreanquarterly.org | Joanne Lee
Dinner for One skillfully mixes comedy with some poignant topics | Review by Joanne Rhim Lee (Fall 2024) Dinner for One Co-created by Christina Baldwin, Sun Mee Chomet, and Jim Lichtscheidl (Directed by Christina Baldwin, Music directed by Emilia Mettenbrink, Jungle Theater, Minneapolis ~ November 30- January 5) As the elderly but still spry Miss Sophie descends the regal staircase of her house on her birthday, her butler offers his hand to escort her to the dining room, where the table has...
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Sep 1, 2024 | 
koreanquarterly.org | Joanne Lee
Voices of the Korean Comfort Women: History Rewritten from Memories ~ By Chungmoo Choi and Hyunah Yang, ed and trans. (Routledge Publishers, London, 2023, ISBN #978-1-03-223057-3)Review by Joanne Rhim Lee (Summer 2024)On August 14, 1991, 67-year-old Hak-sun Kim, a survivor of the Japanese military sexual slavery system (referred to as the comfort women) was the first to publicly share her story.
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Sep 1, 2024 | 
koreanquarterly.org | Joanne Lee
The Penguin Book of Korean Short Stories ~ edited by Bruce Fulton(Penguin Books, London, 2023, ISBN# 978-0-241-44848-9)Review by Joanne Rhim Lee (Summer 2024)It might seem intimidating to tackle such a large volume as The Penguin Book of Korean Short Stories, but editor Bruce Fulton has put together a delightful collection of modern Korean short stories, ranging in length from 6 to 44 pages.
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Aug 28, 2024 | 
onegreenplanet.org | Joanne Lee |Nicole Dunai |Kristen Genton |Hannah Sunderani
Chocolate tastes amazing on its own but is also perfect in so many flavor combinations. It's great with peanut butter, sea salt, citrus, berries, and almonds, and you might even enjoy it with mint (if you're into that). Chocolate and almonds specifically are very yummy treats. The crunch of almond pieces in a chocolate bar or pastry is heavenly.
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Aug 28, 2024 | 
onegreenplanet.org | Adam Merrin |Ryan Alvarez |Joanne Lee |Melanie Sorrentino
Probiotics are necessary for gut health because the presence of good bacteria strengthens our immune system, helps ward off cancer, heart disease, as well as autoimmune diseases. Probiotics are found in dairy products, but there are plenty of plant-based foods that contain probiotics too. Kimchi, in particular is delicious, contains probiotics, and can absolutely be made vegan. It's a fermented Korean side dish that boasts many benefits for your digestive system.
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Jul 29, 2024 | 
koreanquarterly.org | Joanne Lee
Nuclear Family ~ By Joseph Han(Counterpoint Press, Berkeley, 2022, ISBN# 978-1-64009-594-6)Review by Joanne Rhim Lee (Summer 2024)At first glance, the Cho clan in Joseph Han’s debut novel Nuclear Family seems like a typical Korean American immigrant family in Honolulu.
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Jul 29, 2024 | 
koreanquarterly.org | Joanne Lee
I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokbokki ~ By Sehee Baek (Anton Hur, trans., Bloomsbury Publishing, London, 2022, ISBN# 978-1-5266-5086-3) Review by Joanne Rhim Lee (Summer 2024) The cheeky cover of Sehee Baek’s I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokbokki has a whimsical graphic novel-type illustration of a young woman laying face-down at the edge of her bed, huge bubble-sized tears being ejected from her eyes, while reaching out with her chopsticks for a delicious bowl of tteokbokki on the...
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Jul 28, 2024 | 
koreanquarterly.org | Joanne Lee
Grandmothers, Our Grandmothers: Remembering the “Comfort Women” of World War II ~ By Seong-won Han (Tuttle Publishing, North Clarendon/VT, 2023, ISBN #978-0-8048-5663-8) Review by Joanne Rhim Lee (Summer 2024) About 20 years ago, artist and historian Seong-won Han’s work on a documentary on war and women led him to the stories of Korean women who survived military sexual slavery by the Japanese, the so-called “comfort women.” These women were abducted and taken to what the Japanese called...
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Nov 7, 2023 | 
whatsnewindonesia.com | Joanne Lee
This November, Plaza Indonesia presents the theme "Savor The Flavor" which appreciates F&B tenants and culinary world enthusiasts. There are many culinary programs, which invite visitors to Plaza Indonesia not only to try delicious food but also to try a complete culinary experience from appetizers to desserts, and the creative stories behind them.
