Korean food isn’t shy. It’s about loud, punchy flavors, about ingredients that take time to pickle and ferment, about soups that come together quickly with a rolling boil and barbeque cooked over an open fire built right into the dinner table. It’s about banchan, the huge variety of side dishes that accompany every Korean meal, and also about communal eating. It’s about sharing food and time with family, about a culture that’s simultaneously rooted in tradition and devoted to innovation. Korean food is healthy, satisfying and it’s entirely fun.

Kimchi Chronicles, http://www.pbs.org/food/shows/kimchi-chronicles/