Korean home cooking & family life · from a Korean mom in NYC

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Real Korean recipes you can make with US grocery-store ingredients, bicultural parenting from the trenches, and home tips from a Korean mom of two in New York.

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Korean home & lifestyle, the whole spread — from a Korean mom in NYC.

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Korean Recipes

Real Korean cooking with US grocery-store ingredients.

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Home & Cleaning

Korean-mom habits for a calmer, cleaner home.

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Parenting

Raising kids between two cultures, honestly.

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Money & Frugal

Frugal habits I brought from Korea.

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Health & Wellness

Everyday Korean wellness, made simple.

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Home & Living

Small-space living that actually feels like home.

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Korean Culture

Holidays, traditions, and K-everything, explained.

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Smart Home & Tech

Budget gadgets and devices that earn their place.

Latest from the blog

Fresh recipes and real-life tips, every week.

Seollal and Chuseok: Celebrating Korean Holidays Abroad
Korean Culture

Seollal and Chuseok: Celebrating Korean Holidays Abroad

A Korean American mom on keeping Seollal and Chuseok alive abroad, imperfectly and on purpose

8 min read
Newborn Sleep Schedule: What's Normal in 0–3 Months
Parenting

Newborn Sleep Schedule: What's Normal in 0–3 Months

A two-time mom untangles newborn sleep myths from the AAP safe-sleep rules that actually work

12 min read
Korean Table Etiquette for Kids: Chopsticks & Bowl Rules
Parenting

Korean Table Etiquette for Kids: Chopsticks & Bowl Rules

A Korean-American mom explains chopstick rules, the upright-rice taboo, and how kids actually learn etiquette

13 min read

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I'm a Korean mom of two, living in New York. Somewhere between packing lunchboxes and hunting down good gochugaru, I started writing it all down.

Seoulmate is where I share the Korean food I cook for my family, what I'm learning about raising kids between two cultures, and the small home habits that keep our days running. Real recipes, real life — no gatekeeping.

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