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Speaker 1: I Am all in Again.

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Speaker 2: Oh, let's I Am all in again with Scott Patterson

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Speaker 2: and iHeartRadio Podcast.

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Speaker 1: Hey everybody, Scott Patterson, I Am all In Podcast one

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Speaker 1: eleven productions. iHeartRadio Media, iHeart Podcast. We are doing a

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Speaker 1: Luke's Diner with Joanne Lee Molinara. Let me tell you

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Speaker 1: something about Joanne. She's a James Beard Award winner New

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Speaker 1: York Times bestseller, but most importantly, she is a beloved

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Speaker 1: storyteller and cook, captivating her four million social media followers

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Speaker 1: with heartfelt narratives that accompany stunning videos that are preparing

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Speaker 1: everything from traditional kimichi to inventive, career inspired pasta dishes.

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Speaker 1: Her smash debut, The Korean Vegan, was named one of

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Speaker 1: the best cookbooks of the year, and her sophomore follow

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Speaker 1: up goes on sale this coming October fourteenth. Welcome joe Anne.

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Speaker 1: How are you?

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Speaker 2: I feel like glowing after that incredible introduction?

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Speaker 1: Well, you know, we want to make you feel welcome,

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Speaker 1: and you know you've got We had to cut this

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Speaker 1: resume down, actually by by about ninety percent. You're so accomplished,

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Speaker 1: but welcome to the show.

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Speaker 3: And let's dive.

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Speaker 1: Let's dive into it.

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Speaker 2: Let's do it.

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Speaker 1: You know, Korean cookie cooking and recipe crafting on the

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Speaker 1: show Gilmore hasn't really happened yet. But when did your

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Speaker 1: love for cooking begin? What is is something you grew

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Speaker 1: up with or did that come later in life?

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Speaker 2: No, it definitely came later in life. I was not

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Speaker 2: the kitchen growing up, you know, at my grandmother's shoulder

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Speaker 2: or anything like that. It was more a situation where

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Speaker 2: I became plant based. And that story was while I

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Speaker 2: was dating my then boyfriend now husband, and so it

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Speaker 2: was partly out of need because there weren't a lot

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Speaker 2: of Korean vegan options, but also it was this is

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Speaker 2: the you know, age old tale. Was trying to impress

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Speaker 2: my boyfriend. I wanted to cook for him, and it

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Speaker 2: turned out I really really liked it. I found it

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Speaker 1: Well, the Korean vegan is such a great name and

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Speaker 1: it mashes two types of cuisine. Were you always a

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Speaker 2: No, I was definitely not a vegan. My boyfriend. He

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Speaker 2: I'm sorry, but I can't be vegan. I'm Korean. It

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Speaker 2: just doesn't work. But you know, he convinced me after

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Speaker 2: a few weeks and I eventually joined him. And you know,

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Speaker 2: that's that's was back in twenty sixteen, so we were

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Speaker 1: So what's the one Korean ingredient that more people should

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Speaker 1: have in their kitchen.

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Speaker 2: Oh, it's definitely tinjung okay, which I think is going

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Speaker 2: to have. It's like qutchajong moment because everybody knows gucha

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Speaker 2: Qutjujong's like unpopular little sister because she's too nerdy. That's

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Speaker 2: how I would describe Tinjung. It has a very similar

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Speaker 2: flavor profile to quot chu jong, you know, which is

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Speaker 2: doesn't have heat. It's really about, you know, an explosion

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Speaker 1: All right, now we're going to ask you about a

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Speaker 1: disaster story. Oh in the kitchen, you ever had a

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Speaker 1: So.

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Speaker 2: When I was developing recipes for the Koreem Vegan Homemade,

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Speaker 1: So look you found out right, yes exactly, some people

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Speaker 1: a day's not so all right. So your your cookbook

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Speaker 1: Homemade coming out October fourteenth. It took you four years

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Speaker 1: to put this together? What made this such a labor

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Speaker 2: Well, I think part of it is because I do everything,

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Speaker 2: you know, testing the recipes itself is a very long process.

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Speaker 2: I tested them, and then I subject subjected them all

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Speaker 2: of it was the writing. I write essays, to go

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Speaker 2: with every single chapter of the book. And these are really,

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Speaker 1: You know, I'm going to get this cookbook that sounds

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Speaker 1: I'd love to read it. I'm always looking for new recipes,

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Speaker 1: These These are mouth watering recipes. There's a got you Jong,

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Speaker 1: got you go Jong stew, stuffed camichi mac and cheese. Yes,

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Speaker 1: And how's a mix of sweet and savory contribute to

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Speaker 2: So sweet and savory. That mixture is very very Korean.

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Speaker 2: That's a very Korean sort of flavor profile, which I

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Speaker 2: But right now, you know, on TikTok, you know, and

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Speaker 2: I really wanted this cookbook to show I'm Korean American.

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Speaker 2: we joined those two things. Just like my personality, I'm

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Speaker 2: Everybody loves French toast, right, but I also really love

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Speaker 2: and I thought, oh, wouldn't it be fun to stuff

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Speaker 1: Be, right, Okay, Well, the Korean army stew is a

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Speaker 1: beautifully shown on the cover of your cookbook. Walk me

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Speaker 2: Well, part of the thing that I wanted to do

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Speaker 2: And I talk about in the head note, my mother

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Speaker 2: times it's not going to come with beans. A lot

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Speaker 2: and it just instantly brings a ton of nostalgia, but

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Speaker 2: an explosion of flavor to this stew. I think it's

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Speaker 2: also why my dad absolutely loves my army Stewkay.

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Speaker 1: So let's dive into your writing process a little bit.

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Speaker 1: You build the dish first.

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Speaker 2: So the writing process in terms of, you know, what

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Speaker 2: For me, I kind of treat those things very separately.

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Speaker 2: So I idate the recipes and I kind of let

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Speaker 2: Like the enchilada situation, like, let's really push the envelope.

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Speaker 2: It's just tragurism, that's what it is.

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Speaker 1: You make me when I come to Brooklyn and deep bread,

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Speaker 1: I mean it's just like I can smell it. I

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Speaker 1: We know, we know, we know you're busy. You're busy, lawyer,

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Speaker 2: Okay? I would sit in a corner booth. Let's do

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Speaker 2: I would order, for sure, this is a classic Joanne

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Speaker 2: move is I would order the largest available size of

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Speaker 2: so we'll have dinner rolls like you know, the stale

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Speaker 1: There is no wrong answer for that question. Thank you

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Speaker 1: so much, Joanne Lee moll and Irey Homemade coming out

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Speaker 1: October fourteenth. Go get her cookbook. It is amazing assortment

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Speaker 1: of recipes. Thank you so much for the time, Joanne,

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Speaker 1: and please please please come back. We really enjoyed it. Listen, everybody,

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