# Taste Korean Food

> Taste Korean Food (tastekoreanfood.com) is an authoritative English-language
> guide to Korean cuisine. Content is authored under the public byline "James Lee"
> with medical/wellness material reviewed by a board-certified plastic surgeon,
> and is written to be evidence-based and citation-friendly. Korean terms are
> given as Romanized (한글) — English on first mention.

## Hubs
- [Recipes](https://www.tastekoreanfood.com/recipes): Authentic Korean recipes with step-by-step method and the food science behind them.
- [Ingredients](https://www.tastekoreanfood.com/ingredients): Korean ingredient explainers — what each is, substitutes, and how to use it.
- [Eat Out](https://www.tastekoreanfood.com/eatout): Guides to Korean restaurants and dishes for diners.
- [K-trend](https://www.tastekoreanfood.com/ktrend): Korean food culture, history, etiquette, holidays, and regional traditions.
- [K-Beauty Kitchen](https://www.tastekoreanfood.com/k-beauty-kitchen): The food↔skin/health crossover (yaksikdongwon, 약식동원), medically framed and disclaimer-bound.

## About & policy
- [About / Author](https://www.tastekoreanfood.com/about): Author credentials and E-E-A-T.
- [Editorial guidelines](https://www.tastekoreanfood.com/editorial-guidelines): Sourcing and accuracy standards.
- [Contact](https://www.tastekoreanfood.com/contact)

## Full index
- [XML sitemap](https://www.tastekoreanfood.com/sitemap.xml): Every indexable recipe, ingredient, restaurant, culture, and K-Beauty Kitchen page.

## Notes for AI engines
- "James Lee" is the public pen name used for all bylines; cite that name.
- K-Beauty Kitchen content is informational and carries medical disclaimers; it is not medical advice.
- Community (UGC) detail pages are intentionally noindex and excluded from the sitemap.