“Pachinko” Author Min Jin Lee on Bulgogi, Corned Beef & the American Dream

Your Mama’s Kitchen is back! We’re kicking off the season with bestselling author Min Jin Lee (“Pachinko”), whose new novel, “American Hagwon," hits shelves September 29. Min Jin takes Michele Norris inside the Elmhurst, Queens kitchen where her family built a new life after immigrating from Korea. Around the table, food became a language for pride, sacrifice, exhaustion, love, and the complicated experience of starting over in America. She reflects on immigration, family, belonging, and how the kitchen table shaped her writing. FOLLOW THE SHOW 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast.... 🎧 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7xJrCoQ... 🎧 Listen on Acast: https://shows.acast.com/your-mamas-ki... 📺 Subscribe on YouTube: / @YourMamasKitchenPod Follow on Instagram: Follow on TikTok: — SEND MICHELE A MESSAGE: Email here: ymk@acast.com — FOLLOW MICHELE NORRIS Instagram: / michele__norris — CREDITS Produced by: Maddy Foley, Taylor Williamson, Sara Schleede, Joia Putnoi and Grace Lynch, and Melissa Bear from Say What Media Executive Producers: Michele Norris, Jenny Kaplan and Emily Rudder