Sun Hee's Recipe for Tomato Integration Sauce ("Korean Ragu")

Leftover veggies from banchan meet pasta sauce

The recipe box is a collection of recipes and techniques from my favorite cookbooks—everything from up-and-coming titles to tried-and-true favorites from my collection. (Though you may see some original recipes here from time to time, too 😉) You can check out TOD’s archive of past recipes here if you’re looking for some meal inspiration.

Happy Friday, everyone! On Wednesday we had a ‘lil throwback to a piece written by the talented Mike Sula, originally published on Dill Magazine’s weekly newsletter back in 2021. (If you missed that, you can check it out here). We learned about Kimski’s own Won Kim and his mother, Sun Hee, who first arrived in Chicago from Seoul in the early 80s. Despite her efforts to make Korean food for her children, they clamored for things like hoagies, pizza, and roast beef sandwiches. Her compromise?