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World chef Cheryl Forberg puts flavor first

Food&BeverageMay 6, 2011
Pandora adds comedy to Internet radio line-up

CultureMay 5, 2011

OAKLAND, California (AFP) ― U.S. Internet radio darling Pandora has added comedy to its line-up of stations that listeners can personalize to their tastes.“We’re excited to say that we are officially in the business of telling jokes,” Pandora founder Tim Westergren said in a blog post online Wednesday.“As with music, we hope that the Comedy Genome Project will let people enjoy comedy they know as
Dancer-turned-actor Kwok is summer star of Chinese movies

FilmMay 5, 2011

HONG KONG (AP) ― May is the month of Aaron Kwok in Chinese movies.The dancer-turned-singer-turned-actor stars in two of the month’s major releases ― Gu Changwei’s romance “Love for Life,” and Oxide Pang’s crime thriller “The Detective 2” ― and has earned rave reviews from both directors.The 45-year-old Hong Kong entertainer’s versatile performances in two closely timed releases are testimony to hi
Diabetes: Watch out before it’s too late

HealthMay 5, 2011

How much do we know about diabetes? Kim Sung-rae, chairman of committee of public relations at the Korea Diabetes Association, shares some key fact about diabetes with The Korea Herald to raise public awareness of the disease ― Ed.About 5 million people in Korea are assumed to be diabetic. But only half of them are aware of their disorder and only half those diagnosed with diabetes visit doctors r
Architect dispels myths about hanok

CultureMay 5, 2011

Cho Jung-goo interprets hanok in contemporary ways, while respecting traditionThe following is the final story in a series of articles on the contemporizing of Korean culture ― Ed.The area nestled between Seoul’s Gyeongbokgung to the west and Changdeokgung to the east, known as Bukchon, is a little gem of a place where time seems to stand still.The neighborhood where myriad alleys and “hanok,” or
Kids’ stuff: Authors gather for children’s prizes

BooksMay 4, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) ― Hilary Knight didn’t expect “Eloise” to be a children’s favorite.“Never,” the illustrator said Monday night at a reception before the Children’s Choice Book Awards. “If (‘Eloise’ writer) Kay Thompson were alive, she’d be horrified. She hated when the stores started putting those books in the children’s section. She would go to one store and put them back in the adult section.”The a
Hollywood, fashion elite recall McQueen

FashionMay 3, 2011
American Center opens with new services in Seoul

CultureMay 2, 2011

The United States Embassy Library has enhanced its public services.With the launch of the new services, the Information Resource Center will now be known as the American Center Korea and will issue membership cards while expanding its public hours, staying open from 1-6 p.m. on weekdays.The center at 10 Namyong-dong in the Yongsan district will circulate books, DVDs and magazine back-issues to its
Amid ‘war on obesity,’ skeptics warn of stigma

HealthMay 2, 2011

As U.S. tries to curb obesity, some fear increasing discrimination against the overweightThe images are striking: Overweight boys and girls staring somberly from billboards and online videos, real-life embodiments of the blunt messages alongside.“Chubby kids may not outlive their parents,” for example. Or: “Big bones didn’t make me this way. Big meals did.”The ads ― part of a new “Stop Child Obesi
This year, summer movies not only about men

FilmMay 1, 2011

From its earliest days, Hollywood has been a boy’s club.And summer traditionally is the season of boy movies ― big, loud, rude and not terribly smart.So what are we to make of the summer of 2011 when so many titles suggest, well, an estrogen-centric approach?It’s not as if bad boys and manly men will be AWOL from the megaplex over the next four months ― not with “Thor” and “Green Lantern” and “Cap
Joys, challenges of journeys with aging parents

TravelApr 29, 2011

I was studying Georgia O’Keeffe’s abstractions, seduced by her simple charcoal curves, pink-and-blue flowers and cloud fields, when my cellphone rang.That afternoon in Santa Fe, I had slipped out of my parents’ hotel. As they napped, I strolled around the Plaza and found myself at the museum devoted to one of my favorite artists.Still, my thoughts of Mom and Dad were never far. When I answered my
Georgia rediscovers ancient culinary traditions

TravelApr 29, 2011

TBILISI (AFP) ― In the kitchen of one of the most fashionable restaurants in Tbilisi, the chef is cooking up hearty peasant food using recipes long forgotten by most of his countrymen.“Nobody cooks a bird like this these days,” said chef Malkhaz Maisashvili, raising his carving knife to sweep slices of chicken into a pot. “I discovered the recipe in a small village.”Keen to assert itself as an att
World Chefs-Waxman shares passion for Italian cooking

Food&BeverageApr 29, 2011
Forget the bottles: Do-it-yourself dressings just taste fresher

Food&BeverageApr 29, 2011

I was weaned on bottled dressings poured over iceberg lettuce salads.There were three basic choices. When my two younger brothers dared to drizzle dressing on their salads ― and most of the time they chose (shiver) dry lettuce ― they adorned it with something called “Catalina,” a vivid orange, very sweet dressing.My personal favorite was blue cheese, or as we called it at my house, Roquefort. Our
Seoul Art College to hold concert

MusicApr 28, 2011

The Seoul Art College presents the “Grand Concert” with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra and Ansan Performing Art Company Choir at 2 p.m. on Saturday at Seoul Arts Center.Since its establishment in 2003, the arts school has staged its spring concert annually. This year, more than 30 professors from the college are involved in the concert. The lineup includes pianist Chang Hae-won, who is also the