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Korean Royal Court Cuisine was enjoyed at the court of the Joseon Dynasty, which ruled Korea from 1392 to 1910. Jia Choi, professor of Korean food studies and C.E.O. of Ongo Food Communications and O’ngo Food Tours, shows us the twelve dishes served as a part of a traditional meal. Get recipes and watch the full series here !  

Jia Choi shows us Seoul’s Gwangjang market, which is one of the oldest markets in the city. Here shoppers buy groceries and enjoy street foods from the more than 5,000 stalls. Get recipes and watch the full series here !  

On Jeju Island Chef Ji shows us how to make seaweed soup with pork, red kimchi, and a roux made of buckwheat flour for thickening. Get recipes and watch the full series here !  

On On Jeju Island, Chef Ji shows us how to make Korean barley flavored with hijiki. He serves the barley with minced pepper, green onion, garlic, soy sauce, roasted crushed sesame seeds and sesame oil. Get recipes and watch the full series here !  

Chef Jung Sak Park at his restaurant O’Neul in Seoul, shows us how he makes Yukaejang, a classic beef soup. He simmers the broth for 12 hours for an intensely rich beef flavor and serves the soup with green onions and chili. Get recipes and watch the full series here !  

Beyond BBQ and Bulgogi, Koreans have a deep affection for their braised meat dishes. Scented with wild Korean herbs and slathered in their own juices, hearty cuts of beef and pork braise to perfection in slow-roasting ovens. Here, at restaurant O’Neul in Seoul, chef Jung Sak Park shows us his technique for braising oxtails in wild mountain herbs, jujubes, red chili peppers, and chestnuts. Get reci...

Kimchi Master Chef Lee Ha Yeon shows us how to make Korean fresh kimchi. She stuffs brined cucumbers with a mixture of chives, kelp broth, fish sauce, garlic, red chili, ginger, rice porridge and minced shrimp. This can be eaten right away, or eaten in 2 days. Get recipes and watch the full series here !

Kimchi Master Chef Lee Ha Yeon shows us how to make Korea’s most classic kimchi, Seoul-style red kimchi made with salt, napa cabbage, daikon, Asian pear, green onion, black sesame, and chili. Get recipes and watch the full series here !  

Kimchi is Korea’s national dish and there are more than 180 regional varieties. Jia Choi, professor of Korean food studies and C.E.O. of Ongo Food Communications and O’ngo Food Tours, takes us to Bong-Woori, where Kimchi Master Chef Lee Ha Yeon shows us how to make three types of kimchi. She starts by showing us white kimchi. Get recipes and watch the full series here !    

Savoring the Best of World Flavors: Korea, is the 10th edition of The Culinary Institute of America’s World Culinary Arts Series. In this volume, we’ll explore the kitchens, markets, and restaurants of South Korea, as their leading chefs and food authorities discuss ingredients and demonstrate culinary techniques in step-by-step detail. Get recipes and watch the full series here !  

Xochimilco is known for its 100-mile network of canals. A World Heritage Site, these canals are remnants of Mexico’s pre-Hispanic past in what used to be an extensive lake and canal system that connected settlements of the Valley of Mexico. Today, locals and tourists alike enjoy Xochimilco as a peaceful respite from the bustle of Mexico City, riding on colorful boats called trajineras around the c...

Chef Jorge Vallejo of Quintonil shows us a signature dish of sardine in a green sauce, with purslane, arbequina olive oil, cactus, oyales herbs, white onion, serrano, and cilantro oil. Get recipes and watch the full series here !  

Chef Jorge Vallejo is chef-owner of Quintonil, which opened in 2012 and has since become a top dining destination in Mexico City, and landed him a spot on The World’s 50 Best Restaurants list. Chef Vallejo worked at noma, and under Enrique Olvera at Pujol for three years. Chef Vallejo creates unique dishes that show his passion for sourcing local and ancient Mexican ingredients while using modern...

Chef Daniel Ovadia is the young and ambitious owner of an empire of acclaimed restaurants. Inspired by his travels around Mexico, Chef Ovadia’s cuisine focuses on traditional recipes and native ingredients that he playfully transforms by creative culinary techniques. His menu shows his deeply rooted respect for perfection of traditional recipes and his ability to express his life and roots through...

Chef Edgar Nuñez is pushing the boundaries of modern Mexican gastronomy at his restaurant Sud777, which is on the list for Latin America's 50 Best Restaurants. Sourcing much of his produce at Xochimilco, his creative menu celebrates seasonal and indigenous Mexican products. Get recipes and watch the full series here !

A native of Mexico City, Enrique Olvera graduated from The Culinary Institute of America in 1997, and is the chef-owner of Pujol, Eno Petrarca, and Eno Virreyes, in Mexico City, Maíz de Mar in Playa del Carmen, and Cosme in New York City. Chef Olvera’s reinterpretation of Mexico’s popular recipes as well as his experimentation with contemporary and millennia-old culinary techniques, has brought hi...

Next, we head to Restaurante El Bajío in northern Mexico City. Cármen Ramírez Degollado, known as “Titita,” has owned and operated El Bajío since 1972. With the help of family, including her daughter María Teresa Ramírez Degollado, she has opened 10 more El Bajío restaurants in Mexico City. Get recipes and watch the full series here !  

For something sweet, we visit José Ramón Castillo, renowned chocolatier and owner of Qué Bo in Mexico City’s Polanco neighborhood. His chocolates are made using indigenous Mexican ingredients and flavors, with an emphasis on sourcing and strengthening the quality and supply of Mexican chocolate. Get recipes and watch the full series here !  

Ruth Alegria and Sergio Remolina discuss the traditional dishes served at Chef Ricardo Muñoz Zurita’s Azul Histórico. We sample Molletes, Enchiladas with Black Oaxaca-style Mole, Memelitas, and Blue Corn Mushroom Quesadillas. Get recipes and watch the full series here !  

Birria is hearty Mexican stew originating from the state of Jalisco. Here at Birria "El Paisa" in Mexico City, food guide Francisco de Santiago shows us how to how to tuck into a bowl of “birria de chiva” or goat birria. Get recipes and watch the full series here !

Barbacoa is Mexico’s pit barbecue. Wrapped in maguey leaves and slow roasted underground, barbacoa meats are steam-cooked for hours until they are “fall off the bone” tender. Usually barbacoa calls for lamb or goat or beef, even cow's head, but many regional variations occur throughout the Mexican states. Here, in Mexico City, Ruth Alegria and Francisco de Santiago show us the best way to enjoy ba...

Francisco De Santiago, a.k.a. "Paco," and Ruth Alegria take us on a pozole crawl in Mexico City, and tell us about this traditional Mexican soup, with hominy, meat and garnishes of Mexican oregano, chiles, white onion, radishes, avocado, and lime. Our first stop is at Casa Tixla, a pozolería specializing in Pozole Guerrero. Here Ruth and Paco have green pozole, made with green pumpkin seeds, epazo...

Mexico City native, Sergio Remolina, Chef Instructor and Director of the Latin Studies program at The Culinary Institute of America, takes us on a tour of his favorite tacos stalls in Mexico City’s Tizapan neighborhood. His favorites are Taquería Pedro for tacos al pastor and Taquería Los Arbolitos for sweet bread tacos such as tacos de cabeza, de suadero, de tripa and de cesos. Get recipes and wa...

Street food in Mexico City is ubiquitous, and some of the best in the world. The endless array of antojitos or “little cravings” that are sold in street stalls and markets can be daunting. Culinary guide, Francisco De Santiago, a.k.a. "Paco," leads us on a late night taco tour of Mexico City. As he explains, tacos are more than a food, but a way of life. Taquerías are a traditional gathering place...

Ruth Alegria, Mexican cuisine historian, and owner of Mexico Soul and Essence, takes us on a tour of sweet street foods in Mexico City’s Coyoacán neighborhood. She shows us coconut-stuffed candied limes, candied apples with chili salt, sugared nuts, pepitas, and much more. Get recipes and watch the full series here !