Joe McPherson

Joe McPherson is the founding editor of ZenKimchi.com, the longest running Korean food blog. He has written for The Wall Street Journal, Roads & Kingdoms, Plate Magazine, 10 Magazine, The Korea Herald, SEOUL Magazine, Newsweek Korea, JoongAng Daily and others. He has also consulted for CNN's Parts Unknown with Anthony Bourdain, National Geographic, The Travel Channel's Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern, and the PBS documentary The Kimchi Chronicles. He has been an expert source for The New York...See more

Joe McPherson is the founding editor of ZenKimchi.com, the longest running Korean food blog. He has written for The Wall Street Journal, Roads & Kingdoms, Plate Magazine, 10 Magazine, The Korea Herald, SEOUL Magazine, Newsweek Korea, JoongAng Daily and others. He has also consulted for CNN's Parts Unknown with Anthony Bourdain, National Geographic, The Travel Channel's Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern, and the PBS documentary The Kimchi Chronicles. He has been an expert source for The New York Times, CNN, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Lonely Planet, and The Los Angeles Times. He has appeared on international TV (Far Flung with Gary Mehigan, National Geographic's Chef on the Road, Hotels & restos d'exception) and Korean TV (Running Man, Star King, You Can Cook, MasterChef Korea). He hosted a travel show for Arirang TV and ran a weekly food segment for Arirang's morning show "Korea Today." He regularly appears on Korean radio programs. The author has given speeches for TED and TEDx, the Jogye Order of Buddhist, and other organizations in Korea. Joe currently lives outside of Seoul with his wife and daughter. He runs food tours and Korea's only ghost tour through KoreaFoodTours.com. See less