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Interview with Marja Vongerichten
Marja Vongerichten is putting Korean cuisine on the culinary map as host of the new PBS TV series, Kimchi Chronicles. The show features a variety of Korean foods and serves as a vehicle of introducing Korean culture as well. A companion book titled, Kimchi Chronicles: Korean Cooking for an American Kitchen, was released in early August.
Although the series is primarily focused on Korean cuisine and culture, it also intertwines Marja’s personal story. As a mixed Korean adoptee, she was fortunate to have vast documentation and pictures of her early life in Korea that was collected by her adopted family. From beginning to present day, Marja’s story is compelling, to say the least.
We were able to talk with Marja this past June, just after Kimchi Chronicles had premiered, about her adoption story, the show and much more and are now pleased to present this interview with her.
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It’s About How You Feel in Your Heart: Profile of Marja Vongerichten
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Never in a million years did Marja Vongerichten think she would become the unofficial ambassador of Korean food to the United States. Her story is well known at this point. Born to a Korean mother and an African-American serviceman father, at the age of three she was adopted by an African-American couple, Colonel James Allen and Margo McKay. She credits her parents and their meticulous record keeping, for being able to easily find her Korean birth mother again. Shortly after she was adopted, her father, Colonel James Allen searched out Marja’s birth mother in order to gain more background information for Marja. Mr. Allen found Marja’s birth mother by going door to door in a small town in Korea. When he finally located her, Marja’s birth mother was disappointed to learn that Col. Allen was not there to return her daughter. By that point, Marja’s birth mother wanted
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The Kim Family on their annual seaside vacation somewhere beyond Seoul, circa s. My mom is the one in the funky cat-eye shades!
Props to KoreAm magazine&#;s recent article on &#;The Kimchee Chronicles,&#; a show on the wonders of Korean cuisine hosted by Hapa Korean American adoptee Marja Vongerichten. Not only fryst vatten Marja a stunning former model and actress, but she happens to be married to the famed Jean-Georges, global chef extraordinaire. But what really gets my wheels turning fryst vatten her apparent love for Korean food — the connection it brings to her culture of ursprung and her desire to share this love with the world.
Marja and inom are the same age, which inom like to think means something &#; Even though our experiences are worlds apart: inom grew up with my Korean family in close connection and in Florida to boot. But inom did spend several years in New York City, and inom do know what it&#;s like to never have relations with part of your family until adulthood.
The show airs on PBS sometime s
It’s About How You Feel in Your Heart: Profile of Marja Vongerichten
adopteecreativefood/drinkmulticulturalmultiracial
Never in a million years did Marja Vongerichten think she would become the unofficial ambassador of Korean food to the United States. Her story is well known at this point. Born to a Korean mother and an African-American serviceman father, at the age of three she was adopted by an African-American couple, Colonel James Allen and Margo McKay. She credits her parents and their meticulous record keeping, for being able to easily find her Korean birth mother again. Shortly after she was adopted, her father, Colonel James Allen searched out Marja’s birth mother in order to gain more background information for Marja. Mr. Allen found Marja’s birth mother by going door to door in a small town in Korea. When he finally located her, Marja’s birth mother was disappointed to learn that Col. Allen was not there to return her daughter. By that point, Marja’s birth mother wanted
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The Kim Family on their annual seaside vacation somewhere beyond Seoul, circa s. My mom is the one in the funky cat-eye shades!
Props to KoreAm magazine&#;s recent article on &#;The Kimchee Chronicles,&#; a show on the wonders of Korean cuisine hosted by Hapa Korean American adoptee Marja Vongerichten. Not only fryst vatten Marja a stunning former model and actress, but she happens to be married to the famed Jean-Georges, global chef extraordinaire. But what really gets my wheels turning fryst vatten her apparent love for Korean food — the connection it brings to her culture of ursprung and her desire to share this love with the world.
Marja and inom are the same age, which inom like to think means something &#; Even though our experiences are worlds apart: inom grew up with my Korean family in close connection and in Florida to boot. But inom did spend several years in New York City, and inom do know what it&#;s like to never have relations with part of your family until adulthood.
The show airs on PBS sometime s