No.9 The Hot 100 · October 2026

Maangchi

Emily Kim · New York, USA

Photo: Jeremy Keith, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

DebutLast month
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1Month on chart

Panel read 88/100 · Cooked by members 0 · In the press 0 · No new recipe counted this month

The reason so many people outside Korea make kimchi at home: patient videos, real Korean pantry, and a voice you trust.

What people come to them for

Kimchi · Japchae · Tteokbokki

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Their cookbook

Maangchi's Real Korean Cooking (2015) · On the charts

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