Culinary Diplomacy With a Side of Kimchi - NYTimes.com
CULINARY DIPLOMACY will save the world.
The government’s Korean Cuisine to the World campaign began in April, with official goals that include quadrupling the number of Korean restaurants abroad and lifting Korean food into the “top five rank of world cuisines” by 2017. Putting aside that such a ranking system does not exist, the campaign shows how seriously food is now taken by many governments, especially in Asia.
“First was Chinese food in the U.S., then Japanese and Thai,” said Min Mon-hong, director of tourism for Korea. “Korean is the next big boom.”
I would not say no to the First Lady of South Korea hand-feeding me Korean food. But then again, I would not say no to being fed Korean food, period.
