Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee
Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee | |
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Born | Lee, Hae-Jin November 14, 1970 |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | writer, artist |
Spouse | Tim Maloney |
Korean name | |
Hangul | |
Revised Romanization | Yi Haejin |
McCune–Reischauer | Yi Haejin |
Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee (born November 14, 1970) is a Korean American writer, artist, photographer and chef. She works in installation, photography, painting and drawing. She has written for magazines, newspapers and online publications.
Early life
Lee was born in Seoul, South Korea. She emigrated to the United States with her family in 1977. They first moved to Reading, Pennsylvania and then to Los Angeles in 1978. She studied Biochemistry and Visual Arts (specifically painting, conceptual art and site-specific installation) at the University of California, San Diego. She decided against a medical career to pursue a life in the arts.
Career
Lee was the owner and chef of Nabi, a fast-casual Korean restaurant in East Hollywood.[1]
Writing
Lee has written cookbooks, travel guides and numerous magazine and newspaper articles. Her book, Eating Korean: from Barbecue to Kimchi, Recipes from My Home[2] was chosen as the Best of the Best by Food and Wine magazine. Her second cookbook, Quick and Easy Korean Cooking, was chosen as the cookbook of the month by the now-defunct Gourmet magazine.[3] The book was reviewed in the Christian Science Monitor noting both the recipes and the photographs.[4] The New York Times reviewed the cookbook[5] and one of her recipes was featured in the Times cooking section.[6] The Los Angeles Times has written about her recipes.[7]
Her cookbook, Quick and Easy Mexican Cooking featured in L.A. Weekly,[8] and was nominated for the Gourmand World Cookbook awards.[citation needed]
Lee has written the first edition Frommer's South Korea travel guide and wrote 2 successive editions.[9] She also authored the 1st edition of Frommer's Day by Day Seoul.[10][11]
She has written and photographed for the Los Angeles Times since 1999. She is a freelance restaurant reviewer for the LA Times Daily Dish and contributed to a variety of other publications.
Artwork
She is also a painter, illustrator and a site-specific, conceptual and mixed media artist. She has created public art pieces for Pecan Park[12] in the City of Los Angeles and a memorial for Cesar Chazez the University of Southern California (USC).[13]
Her work has been exhibited in numerous galleries, including the musée de l'Elysée Lausanne in Switzerland, Galeria de la Historia de Concepción in Chile, Piazza Risorgimento in Italy, Galería Asociacion de Bancarios del Urugua, Centro Cultural de la Raza in Mexico, Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego, Tacoma Art Museum, Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Neuberger Museum of Art, San Jose Museum of Art, Gallery 825, Artspace, Pierce College, Loyola Law School, Rita Dean, the Hatch Gallery and the Los Angeles Municipal Gallery at Barnsdall.[citation needed]
Bibliography
- Eating Korean: From Barbecue to Kimchi, Recipes from My Home (Wiley 2005, ISBN 0-7645-4078-5)
- Best of the Best Volume 9: The Best Recipes from the 25 Best Cookbooks of the Year (Food + Wine 2006)
- Food + Wine Annual Cookbook: An Entire Year of Recipes (Food + Wine 2006)
- Eating Well Serves Two: 150 Healthy in a Hurry Recipes (Countryman 2006)
- Frommer's South Korea (Frommer's 2010, 2008, ISBN 0-470-59154-4)
- Quick and Easy Korean Cooking (Chronicle Books 2009, ISBN 0-8118-6146-5)
- Quick and Easy Mexican Cooking (Chronicle Books 2011, ISBN 0-8118-7232-7)
- Frommer's Day by Day Seoul (Frommer's 2011, ISBN 0-470-93144-2)
Awards
- Gourmand World Cookbook Award nominee, 2010
- Gourmet cookbook of the month, June 2009
- Food & Wine's Best of the Best, 2006
- James Beard Award nominee, 2006
- President's Call to Service Award from the President's Council on Service and the Beyond the Bell branch of LAUSD 2004
- International Visual Artist of the Year Nomination, 2004
- Hedgebrook residency, 1999 and 2004
- Top 10 Recipes of the Year from Los Angeles Times, 1999 and 2000
References
- ^ "Buy a Domain Name - World's Best Domains for Sale". Archived from the original on 2020-11-22. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
- ^ Lee, Cecilia Hae-Jin (21 January 2005). Eating Korean: From Barbecue to Kimchi, Recipes from My Home. ISBN 0764540785.
- ^ Abrams, Diane (June 2009). "Book Review: Quick & Easy Korean Cooking". Gourmet Magazine. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ Denn, Rebekeh (6 July 2009). "The next big cookbook: Korean?". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ Kummer, Corby (5 June 2005). "Summer Reading: Cooking". New York Times. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ Moskin, Julie. "Korean Fried Chicken Recipe". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ Latempa, Susan (6 April 2005). "At Home in the Korean Kitchen". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ Hansen, Barbara (8 April 2011). "Mexican Cooking, from a Korean Point of View + A Chicken Pozole Recipe". L.A. Weekly. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ Lee, Cecilia Hae-Jin (2010). Fromer's South Korea. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9780470644263.
- ^ Lee, Cecilia Hae-Jin (9 August 2011). Frommer's Seoul Day by Day. ISBN 978-0470931448.
- ^ Lee, Cecilia have-Jin (2011). Frommer's Seoul Day-by-Day. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118089354.
- ^ "Pecan Recreation Center". 31 July 2014.
- ^ "César Chávez Memorial Commissioned". 5 January 1997.
External links
- Cecilia Lee's official site
- Korean food site
- Zagat-Nabi Korean Restaurant
- Korea Society Podcast: Cookbook Author Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee Discusses Quick and Easy Korean Cooking
- Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee's Vegetable Noodle Tangle recipe in Food and Wine
- Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee's Spicy Udon and Clam recipe in Food and Wine
- Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee's IMDB page
- Articles containing Korean-language text
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- 1970 births
- Living people
- American cookbook writers
- American food writers
- American travel writers
- American women non-fiction writers
- American writers of Korean descent
- South Korean emigrants to the United States
- University of California, San Diego alumni
- People from Seoul
- 21st-century American women