We couldn’t be more excited to chat with Eric Kim about his new book, Korean American: Food That Tastes Like Home, what he ate while growing up, and what it means to cook at home for himself as a gay Korean-American Southerner living in New York City.
About Our Guest: Eric Kim
Eric Kim is a New York Times staff writer born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, and the author of Korean American: Food That Tastes Like Home. He hosts regular videos on NYT Cooking’s YouTube channel and writes a monthly column for The New York Times Magazine. A former contributing editor at Saveur, Eric taught writing and literature at Columbia University, and his work has been featured in The Washington Post, Bon Appétit, and Food & Wine. He lives in New York City.
Links From This Episode
- NYT Cooking’s YouTube channel
- Eric’s Sheet Pan Bibimbap
- Eric’s Roasted Chicken with Fish Sauce Butter
- Yewande Komolafe (to track her upcoming book!)
Products From This Episode
- Korean American: Food That Tastes Like Home by Eric Kim
- Mi Cocina: Recipes and Rapture from My Kitchen in Mexico by Rick Martinez
- I Dream of DInner (so You Don’t Have To): Low-Effort, High-Reward Recipes by Ali Slagle Ali Slagle
- The Cook You Want to Be: Everyday Recipes to Impress by Andy Baraghani
- Learning Korean: Recipes for Home Cooking by Peter Serpico
- Gochujang
- Doenjang
- Gochugaru
- Three Crabs Fish Sauce
Korean American photographs copyright © 2022 Jenny Huang. Published by Clarkson Potter, an imprint of Random House.
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