Chicagoans are no strangers to Korean barbecue; the city is full of great options for that smoky, marinated, meaty goodness. But a fancy downtown version? Not until this month, when Perilla Steak ...

Learn how to make cold shiso pesto pasta, a refreshing summer dish that combines aromatic perilla leaves with a creamy, umami ...

I’ve been eating perilla oil my whole life, but it wasn’t until I was formally introduced to it by my mother a decade ago that I realized it. I was trying to make kimchi pancakes in my NYC apartment ...

My family has grown kkaennip, or perilla leaves, for as long as I can remember. Right before a barbecue, we’d pluck and wash them. And then, when we were ready to eat, we’d wrap still-sizzling pieces ...

The antioxidant content in perilla seeds is pretty impressive. Antioxidants play an important role in neutralizing free ...

When chef Son Jong-won of Seoul’s one-Michelin-star Eatanic Garden was asked recently about the one ingredient he felt could be better represented outside Korea, he did not hesitate. “If you go to ...

Perilla seeds should “step out of the shadows of other plant-based omega-3s” says Valensa, which has just launched a new range of formulations containing supercritical CO 2 perilla seed extract. While ...

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Childhood friends, growing up in the Chicago suburbs, Andrew Lim and Thomas Oh reconnected in 2019 to open Perilla Fare in the West Loop, at a time when Korean cuisine wasn’t represented in the ...

Perilla? Didn't he play third base for the Dodgers in the '60s? Nope. Perilla is a fabulously colorful foliage plant, a 2-foot to 4-foot-tall annual that resembles coleus, but has the added benefit of ...

Ashok Selvam is the former James Beard Award-winning regional editor for Eater’s Midwest region, in charge of coverage in Chicago, Detroit, and the Twin Cities. He’s a native Chicagoan and had been ...