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Korean American TikTok Chefs Share Quarantine Recipes For Lunar New Year

For Korean Americans spending the holiday away from family, TikTok chefs Chris Cho, Jessica Woo and Joanne Molinaro (also known as The Korean Vegan) share comfort food recipes.
Source: Courtesy of Jessica Woo

Lunar New Year hits differently this year. It's an annual holiday celebrated on a bedrock of bringing families, across the country and overseas, together for home-cooked meals and lots of catching up.

Some people may be spending the weekend in the comfort of their family homes, for the first time in years, while other Korean American folks, like me, are scrambling to find comfort food, as a way of feeling connected to their loved ones.

For those celebratingthe greatest creative minds in the kitchen — TikTok chefs — for Lunar New Year recipes. Here are some quarantine kitchen hacks from Chris Cho (), Joanne Molinaro () and Jessica Woo ().

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