Welcome to my website. 
This is a place for my family and me to share useful information with you. My name is Aeri Lee. My hometown is GwangJu, South Korea, and I’m currently residing in the USA. I’m married with one son.
About Me
- Religion: Christian
- Hobby: Cooking
- Likes: God, Family & Friends, Children, Teaching, Eating, Cookbooks, Pretty Dishes & Things, Spring Green Color, Organizing, Making To-do Lists
- Dislikes: Sweet Desserts, Peanut Butter, Wiping Dust
My Wish List
- Live closer to God
- Be happy with people who I love
- Have lovely children
- All my family and friends are healthy
- Make my own cookbook
- Have a beautiful kitchen
- Speak English more fluently
This Blog’s Content Sections
There is a guest book where you can introduce yourself, ask general questions, or just say hi. There are six main categories in this website. My husband, mother-in-law, and I will manage each category separately.
- Korean Food: I (Aeri) will share delicious Korean recipes and cooking videos.
- Western Food: My mother-in-law will share delicious Western food recipes.
- Ingredients: This category gives more details about various ingredients to my recipes such as pictures, uses, health benefits, etc.
- Korean Lessons: I will post Korean language lessons in both text and videos forms.
- Misc: This is for anything that does not fit into the categories listed above, written by either my husband or myself.
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Miscellaneous
Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are from the WEB (World English Bible) translation, which is a modern translation in the public domain.
E-Mail Address
Here is my current email address:
Hi Aeri! I love visiting your website to get recipes for my family. My husband and I are both half Korean and my variety in Korean cooking is very small. I live far away from our parents so I look to your site to expand on my Korean cooking and add new recipes that we miss from home. So far every recipe I have tried turned out great. Your attention to detail really makes it easy for Koreans and non-Koreans to understand.
I was wondering if you can make a recipe post for Manul Changachi (Korean pickled garlic). I don’t know if you can do the same with onions but I’d like to learn how to make both the garlic and onions. Thanks! and keep the recipes coming
hi Vianca,
Nice to meet you. Wow you and your husband are both half Korean.. my son is half Korean too.. hehe I’m so happy my blog is helpful for you to cook Korean food.
I will add it to my list. ^^ I hope to see you more often in the future.
Hi Aeri. I love korean food and stumbled upon your website. Your recipes and pictures have inspired me to try cooking korean food. Thanks!
hi Kay,
Nice to meet you. Thanks
hi Aeri, I love the new look website ! I am always looking at it for inspiration. My husband can’t have milk and I am not to have to much starch, so Asian food suits us very well. I have been looking in the Korean supermarket and they have many different flavored vinegars. Maybe you could do a post showing their uses, as most of the bottles have no English on them .
Thanks keep up the good work !
hi Anne,
Yes, that’s a good idea.. I will try to post and explain more about Korean ingredients in the future. thanks
I love this website so far!
I’ve just started venturing into Korean restaurants so an idea of how and what they made is always nice before I order something I randomly heard in a drama or song! 
Thanks!
hi Anu,
nice to meet you.
haha.. so far.. I hope you like my site continuously in the future..
Hi Aeri,
Emery and I were here checking out your blog, and were talking about how popular you’re site has become. Anyway, have you thought about adding a way for companies to advertise on here, or see if any companies you like would advertise? You have so many people who love you’re blog it would be a great way for you to make some extra money and help pay for the upkeep of your blog.
Oh, well good luck, and your recipes that look great!
All the best,
Kimie and Emery
http://www.smallhousebiglove.com
hi Kimie,
Thank you for your comment. yes we are blessed to have so many visitors now…
Yes, it will be great if we can make some extra money to support our blog since I spend my time to keep this blog instead having a job…and it costs money to maintain blog that I didn’t expect much at the beginning since it’s growing.. btw..why you are asking those questions ??
I wish good luck for your blog too.
Hi Aeri,
Anyway, while I’ve been doing a lot of research about how to get more traffic, I’ve been learning about how other people who have a popular blog make money to help them with the cost. Since you know Emery and I love you’re blog, and check it regularly I noticed that you hadn’t any companies advertising. So, I thought I’d ask, because we think you’re great, and your blog seems to be getting more popular all the time. Maybe it would help. We wish you all the success, and hope you’ll keep going.
Sorry it’s taken me a little while to get back to you. Well, our blog isn’t popular yet, but we’re trying.
Thank you for the luck. Looks like we’ll need it.
Take care,
Kimie-ya
hi Kimie,
Thanks for your good words. Yes, I will like to do this as my full time job someday..which means.. I can earn enough money to support this blog and our home through my blog.. but right now.. I don’t have enough time to spend lots of time on blog with my little baby. hehe… anyway.. thanks again..Good luck to you too. 
Oh.. no worries.. I reply comments late also. I hope your blog becomes successful.
Dear Aeri, I love your website
Love your recipes, they are easy to follow. I have a question. I went to a Korean store and bought salted seaweed stem non frozen already packed. They also had them in the frozen section and wasn’t sure which one to buy at that time. Would that change the taste when I make a side dish? Have a blessed day. Greetings from Florida.
Hi Dina,
Since you have both choices.. I will recommend you get the one in the refrigerator not freezer.. ^^ Nice to meet you..thanks
I’m glad I found your web. I like it very much,its easy to see and understand. I like it!
hi Young Santiago,
Nice to meet you. thanks
Hello Aeri,
You are my favorite Korean Chef, and I love your recipes. I use your recipe for bulgogi over and and over. I was sitting around thinking what if someone made a really delicious Korean Style Potato salad. I imagined it being spicy, garlicky and creamy. What do you think? How would you approach applying Korean flavors and ingredients to an American side dish?
Thanks again for all your vids and recipes,
Annie
hi Annie Whitcomb,
wow.. chef.. hehe I’m not a chef.. but thanks for your compliment. haha.. I like your imagination.. our potato salad is not spicy .. or garlicky though..^^ I will think of it more.. thanks
Hi Aeri, I just found your site this morning through a random search for Godeungo Jorim! Thank you so much for the recipes. I recently stayed for a few months in Seoul and am craving the food so bad since I got back. Thankfully there are a lot of Korean restaurants where I live, but there are some dishes that are rarely available here. So I just want to express my gratitude for posting those that aren’t easily found!
I’ve got a couple of requests for recipe
. One is the spicy Haemul Jjim and I’m also echoing the below comment for Jjimdalk!
hi ditdut,
I hope you had wonderful time in Korea.
Nice to meet you.
I will add your requests in my list. thanks
hi Aeri,
i really love your yook gae jang recipe.
thank you.
could you also post recipe for shik hae?
it’s my favorite drink but i don’t know how to cook rice for this one.
thank you.
hi Helen Kim ,
I will add it to my list. thanks ^^
I’m newly married to a Korean and have been trying to find easy recipes that don’t require a Korean market. Thank you so much for all your instructions and pictures! I can’t wait to try some out and surprise my husand, he’ll be so impressed. Many blessings to you and your family!
Sarah Paik
hi Sarah Paik,
Wow, Nice to meet you. I hope your husband likes your Korean cooking.. sure he will ^^
thanks..
Hello Aeri I love your site. I am not sure if you have this already listed somewhere but I was wondering how many side dishes is someone suppose to serve with a main dish, ex. three side dish including kimchi with a soup? Is there a special way the meals are suppose to be organized? Thanks.
hi Cynthia,
There are no rules … how many side dishes you have to have something like that.. just if you wonder typical Korean people’s meal… yes kimchi will be basic side-dishes we serve for every meal.. we have different kinds of kimchi.. 1 or 2 side-dishes.. you can keep in the refrigerator for weeks.. 1 or 2 side-dishes you can easily make before meal.. so it will be 4 or 5 side-dishes total.. serve with rice and soup.. Korean people like to eat fried fish.. or meat dish (bulgogi.. galbi.. spicy chicken) as a kind of main dish also…thanks
Hello Aeri, I am an American and I live in South Korea. I just found your site and I am so happy! I am getting ready to leave Korea — with a very heavy heart after 5 wonderful years here
— and am glad to find recipes that I can make after I move to Europe. I especially appreciate the video and recipe for making homemade sticky rice cakes. Yay! My favorite Korean food is jjim dak. I will search through your site to see if you have the recipe. 
hi Tolana,
Nice to meet you. wow you stayed in Korea for 5 years.. wow.. I’m sure that you had lots of good memories over there. I will add your request to my list. thanks
Hello Aeri Lee,
Me and my brother try to cook as often as we can and we like diversity. If you are interested in some new recipes and like to experiment feel free to visit our website 
P.S I like the “Cheese oven spaghetti” 
we are going to try it next Sunday 
My name is David, I am from Romania and I find this site quite fascinating and on top of that I found out that you and me share the hobby section.
hi David,
Nice to meet you. Yes we have same interest, cooking.. hehe Thanks.. please let me know how your cheese oven spaghetti turned out.
Hi, Aeri!
I’ve been a fan of your web site for awhile now. I love Korean food and I am always excited to try your recipes. Thank you so much for sharing them with us!
God bless,
Leigh
hi Leigh,
Nice to meet you. ^^
God bless you too.
hello Aeri unni,
last week i tried kongnamul muchim taste was good and can u teach the peanut side dish? And i had tried myulchi bokkeum from others but is salty although i put 2tbsp of brown sugar, can u teach it as well? I love your website is complete of Korean recipes and i’ll bookmark it, thank you.
hi LeAnn,
I will add your request too. thanks
Nice to meet you.
I already posted myulchi bokkeum.. it is a non spicy version. So please check it out.
Hey Aeri!
i love your recipes & your website! thanks for sharing ^^, I wanted to request if you could teach us how to drinks such as bubble Tea!
Thank you for your recipes!
hi Li Hwang,
Thanks. Oh..I can make other drinks..but bubble tea is not a Korean drink. I’ve never tried it before..I want to try it someday..hehe I think it’s from some other Asian countries. anyway..I will post some other Korean drinks someday.
Hi Aeri,
Wish me luck! Will let you know if it went favorably. Thanks for your website.
I had discovered your site a few weeks ago, and it was so memorable. I chose today, my 42nd birthday, to try your bulgogi recipe. I’m making a renewed determination to really learn how to cook Korean food–well
hi Catheline Jung,
p.s yes please let me know how your special day went.
Nice to meet you. Your last name is same with my mom’s … hehe anyway.. wow I don’t know when your birthday is..but Happy birthday to you. I hope you will have a great day.
hello. love the new site, very pretty colours can’t wait for more recipes ! (Ha ha see I spell ‘colour’ differently, didn’t realise it spelled without ‘u’ in America
hi Anne,
in my kimbap video before.. hehe
hehe…it’s okay. I misspelled “crab stick” to “crap-stick”
Hi, Aeri!
I love Korean food (my favourite:짬뽕) , and I love your Youtube Channel. I also dislike sweet desserts and peanut butter(salty is much better). Also, as I have already posted in one of your videos, your voice is sweet.
Thank you for all your delicious recipes!
Greetings from Spain
hi Marta,
thanks for your kind comment.
lol I’m happy to hear that somebody doesn’t like peanut butter like me.. we are not weird..right ? hehe
Your youtube channel really is great (and mouthwatering!). I also really am uplifted by your love for God and your family. I pray and hope for your success in the future!
hi Emily,
God bless you ~~~
Thank you for sweet greeting..
Hi Aeri,
This website looks even more useful than the fsi course. The lessons are designed in a fun way and i like how they really explain everything! Thank you so much:)
Dear Aeri,
I am soo in love with your site! Thanks for all the nice recipes and the films, so that even I can cook this meals!
Since I spent 2 weeks in korea I love korean food and I do have a korean cookbook written in english but some of the recipes are too complicated for someone who doesn’t have any idea of cooking, like me
so thank you very much and keep on with this site!
greetings from germany
hi Julia,
hehe
Nice to meet you. ^^
Hope you can find many delicious Korean recipes through my channel. come back please ~~
Oops i forgot the link,
http://fsi-language-courses.org/Content.php?page=Korean%20Basic%20Original
hi RedRanger123,
thanks..
Oh.. very interesting.. you know what.. I can see.. they are from North Korea.. they have heavy accent from North Korean people..which means.. they might use some Korean words that South Koreans will not use or understand.. we(South Korea.. and North Korea..) use same Korean language ..but the accent and some words became different since we divided.. My opinion is.. I will prefer to learn from South Korean … Here is a good site for you I want to recommend.. http://www.talktomeinkorean.com/
You can learn Korean language for free..and they have Youtube Channel too… and you can learn from me too
Sorry forgot the link
http://fsi-language-courses.org/Content.php?page=Korean%20Basic%20Original