United by love, divided over the World Cup – how a Koreatown man and his Mexican-American wife plan to watch the game
As Korean-born Bonyub Koo’s relationship with his Mexican-American wife, Mirella Vargas, deepened, he couldn’t help but notice the similarities between their cultures. She introduced him to caldo de res, a traditional Mexican beef and vegetable soup. He couldn’t help but compare it to soegogi-muguk, a beef and radish soup popular in Korean cuisine. “Mexican and…
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