I love this lady! She makes Korean food while living in Mexico, cooking with really minimal facilities (a small table, a portable stove) and shows shopping at the local outdoor markets. What is neat about this particular one is that it shows just how easy making kimchi can be. She is just using a plastic food bin, with a few local ingredients, and it takes her just a few minutes to chop and put it all together.
Another good one is "Fresh Fish Feast", which covers going from fishing boat to dinner. One interesting part is how the fish head and bones are fried separately. The video didn't show how those are consumed ... I'm assuming they are fried crisp.
She has a nice website here: http://www.maangchi.com/
I've been saying that the best way to eat healthy is to adopt a "cuisine" that works. That way you get the best ingredients in combinations and amounts that work ... and it tastes marvelous! Traditional Korean cuisine is, I think, one of the best.
It is sad that Western ingredients -- especially wheat -- are getting absorbed into Korean cooking. Mostly though you can just ignore that part, and use rice flour or Jule's. Wheat wasn't native to Korea, and "gluten" isn't something you need to make the recipes work.
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