{"id":5437,"date":"2025-05-06T02:39:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T18:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/?p=5437"},"modified":"2025-05-06T02:43:02","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T18:43:02","slug":"im-done-with-ks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/2025\/05\/im-done-with-ks\/","title":{"rendered":"I’m done with K’s!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My international food project is taking a turn<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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This year marks the 25th anniversary of my international food project<\/a>. For twenty five years, I’ve been exploring cuisines alphabetically. And yet, after such a long time I’ve only gotten through the K’s. As I enter my late 50’s, it’s clear that this project will never be finished – though perhaps my daughters one day will take it on themselves.

I am thus both celebrating the end of the “K’s,” while making a change in the project. From now on, I’ll prioritize national cuisines – in the hope of at least being able to get through those before I die. I’ll still cook regional, ethnic and historical dishes – but not as often. I’d already started doing just one dish from these non-national cuisines, and I’ll mostly continue on that vein.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As far as the K’s<\/strong> go, I explored 26 cuisines, including those of Kenya<\/strong><\/a>, Kasakhstan<\/a><\/strong>, Kiribati<\/a><\/strong>, Korea<\/a><\/strong>, Kosovo<\/a><\/strong>, Kuwait<\/a><\/strong> and Kyrgiztan<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I explored the regional cuisine of Kabardia<\/a> in the Caucasus, of Khuzestan<\/a> in Iran, of Karnataka<\/a>, Kashmir<\/a> and Kerala<\/a> in India, of Kalimantan<\/a> (Borneo) in Indonesia and Kelantan<\/a> in Malaysia, of Kansai<\/a>, Kanto<\/a> and Kyushu<\/a> in Japan and of Kansas<\/a>, Kentucky<\/a> and Kansas City<\/a> in the US.

I also explored the cuisine of the Kachin<\/a> people in the Burmese highlands, of Kashubian-Canadians<\/a> and Korean-Americans<\/a> and of the Kurdish<\/a> people and Kurdistani Jews<\/a>. Finally, I explored K-Mex<\/a> cuisine, a fusion of Korean and Mexican that is having a moment in Southern California. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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