NEW YORK, Nov. 26, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- A massive
online event on Korean temple food will be held for anyone
interested to easily view from home.
Starting November 23rd, the
Cultural Corps of Korean Buddhism (Director Won-Gyeong, hereinafter
Cultural Business Group) will run "2020 Temple Food Week," an event
designed to bring the healing power of temple food to everyone at
home as we navigate the world of COVID-19.
People can participate via the temple food website and
Instagram, where there will be an overall introduction to this
cuisine, a menu of more than 50 recipes, videos of famous chefs,
and lectures. Korean food master Monk JeongKwan, star of Netflix's
"Chef's Table" and winner of this year's Michelin Mentor Chef
Award, will present a video of temple food cooking with gourmet
critic Park Joon-woo, offering their
respective philosophies and interpretations.
Monk Daeryuk and Monk Hyehae of Songgwangsa Temple in Suncheon
will be featured in a cooking video with a recipe that won the
Grand Prize in the 4th Temple Food Contest hosted by the Cultural
Foundation this past June.
Additional content include Buddhist monks' videos on the basics
of temple food, videos of famous YouTubers making recipes, and
real-time online lectures, including Monk JeongKwan making potato
pancakes and lotus root walnuts with local residents in conjunction
with the London branch of the
Korea Tourism Organization.
Concurrently running in the U.S. will be the Korean Temple Food
Instagram Contest, where people are invited to post a temple food
recipe of their choosing.
In addition, the company will hold an official Instagram
follow-up event on temple food until November 30 and present souvenirs to 100 people
on a first-come, first-served basis.
"With the worldwide spread of COVID-19, social and cultural
environments such as non-face-to-face, home, and online activities
are changing greatly," said Monk Won-Gyeong, director of the
Cultural Business Group. "We will continue to promote the health
and healing values of temple food at home and abroad by utilizing
platforms tailored to these changes."
2020 Temple Food Week is available on Instagram (Korean:
@korean_templefood. English: @k_templefood_eng) and the KTF website
https://www.koreatemplefood.com/event/en/index.html
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SOURCE Cultural Corps of Korean Buddhism