$15 members
$20 general
Join Bay Area chef and educator JiYoung Park for an intimate hansik (Korean cuisine) cooking workshop focused on two delicious Korean dishes featured in Yim Soon-rye’s 2018 film Little Forest: sujebi (hand-torn dough soup) and baechujeon (Korean cabbage pancakes).
Participants will prepare and shape dough for sujebi, and cut, coat, and cook baechujeon from scratch. Beyond the cooking itself, Chef Park will share her expertise on the cultural significance of food and recipes, how recipes evolve as they’re passed down through families, and stories from her own journey reinterpreting Korean food heritage.
All materials are provided, and participants will enjoy their creations fresh, right after cooking.
Chef JiYoung Park is a culinary storyteller who travels the world experiencing culture, history, and communities through food. Her approach to Korean cuisine is a sophisticated and progressive take on a wide range of traditional Korean dishes. She is the founder of Parks Kitchen in San Francisco and has been teaching culinary classes since 2007. Born in Seoul, South Korea, JiYoung has hosted classes in Tokyo, Seoul, Berlin, Miami, and San Francisco. She teaches in English, Japanese, and Korean and enjoys sharing the food and culture of her homeland.
The Korean Cultural Center Los Angeles serves as a dynamic platform to introduce the richness and diversity of Korean culture to the broader American public and to foster mutual understanding through cultural exchange. Through a wide range of programs — from traditional heritage to contemporary art, film, music, literature, and everyday cultural expressions — it aims to share both the present and the future of Korean culture.
As an open and inclusive cultural space, the Center engages not only the Korean American community but also local audiences and future generations and believes that culture has the power to transcend language and borders, connecting people through shared experiences, programs, film screenings, and digital content that are designed to make Korean culture accessible and engaging for all.
