Kheedim Oh
Online Exclusive: Kimchi in Translation
PBS’s Kimchi Chronicles reviewed by an American-born kimchi maker
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When I first heard that PBS was coming out with a TV series called Kimchi Chronicles, I was really stoked. I thought it was going to be all about kimchi: how great it is, how many different varieties there are, how it goes with any food. And it is all of that, and much more.