K is for Kimchi

Week K | Wednesday | Popular since the Silla Dynasty

Kimchi, fermented and salted vegetable, is truly ubiquitous in South Korea, where I lived on and off for about four years. I first lived there in 2004, but had been obsessed with it from the age of five. I’ve lived in Cheongju, Daegu, and Busan, and surely spent enough time in Gyeongju and Seoul to qualify as a resident. I still think of it as a home aw…