View rank on IMDbPro ». Actress Producer. She is an actress and producer, known for Ladder 49 , Kimchi Chronicles and Today She has been married to Jean-Georges Vongerichten since September 15, They have one child. See full bio ». Born: March 15 , in Uijeongbu, Korea. Filmography by Job Trailers and Videos. Hollywood Icons, Then and Now. Share this page:. The Rise of Will Smith. Around The Web Provided by Taboola. Do you have a demo reel?
Marja Vongerichten, wife of three-star Michelin chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten, may not have culinary degrees, or enough James Beard Awards to wallpaper a loft. Born outside Seoul to an unmarried Korean woman and an American serviceman in , Marja was put up for adoption at age three.
She grew up in Northern Virginia, not knowing her biological mother, but harboring a faint desire to reconnect with her roots. Just days shy of her 19th birthday, Marja came to New York to reunite with her birth mother for the first time in 17 years.
Naturally, one of the first things they did was eat. Following the Vongerichten family and friends through Korea—across the coast, city centers, and every fresh-food market and rice field in between— Kimchi Chronicles is equal parts travelogue, heart-wrenching biography, and cooking show. Vongerichten family pal Hugh Jackman narrates, having bonded with Marja over adoption Jackman and his wife, Deborra-Lee Furness, have two adopted children.
Highlights from our chat:. Marja Vongerichten: Jjajangmyun black-bean noodles. The day I came to New York to reunite with my mother, she had been cooking all day. She made me bulgogi marinated beef , daengjang chigae soybean stew , kimchi spicy pickled cabbage , and kim dried press seaweed, similar to laver. It was, and I loved it. I remembered the taste of bulgogi, and she gave me chungah kimchi because she was like, Do you remember this?
Not to mention its health benefits. It takes a lot of love, creativity, and a lot of time. For the book [a companion Korean cookbook, to be published in August], I tried to make it easy and accessible for Americans to do while still keeping it traditional. How much of this TV show was about promoting Korea and sharing its food with the world, and how much of it was personal, something to do for yourself?
The Korean government funded this project. Interestingly, the more Jean-Georges has gotten to know about Korean food, the more parallels he finds it has with Alsatian cooking. And, he adds, both cuisines are based on inexpensive ingredients and preservation.
The bold flavors of Korean food—the raw garlic punch, the assertive heat in all the red pepper, the buzz in the fermented condiments—are an excellent complement to Jean-Georges's more multicultural dishes, like the pineapple-topped sweet-and-sour roasted pork shoulder that's the centerpiece of the Vongerichtens' holiday meal.
Served with bowls of rice and lettuce for wrapping, the roast pork becomes a hands-on part of the meal. The Vongerichtens' passion for Korean food and culture, and the ease with which they incorporate what they learn into their lives, lends Kimchi Chronicles an intimate feel. Marja took advantage of all the markets and all the meals she could sample in Korea and didn't turn down any opportunity to try something new, no matter how adventurous. Her dedication to understanding her native food—to understanding herself, really—prevailed even when tasting what she calls "Fear Factor Foods": ingredients like silkworm larvae and raw sea squirt sac-like sea animals that live at the bottom of the ocean.
She sees it all as part of her mission to popularize Korean food. No matter how much Marja's fan base grows from the Kimchi Chronicles series, Jean-Georges remains her biggest supporter. After he envelops the sweet-and-sour pork in lettuce to form a bundle called a ssam , he eats it in one large bite, as per Korean custom. He reaches for another, grins big, and proudly says, "Marja taught me the real way.
Christmas Dinner Ideas. Delicious Korean Recipes. By Julia Turshen Updated November 02, Save FB Tweet More. Plus: A peek inside Jean-Georges and Marja Vongerichten's refrigerator says a lot about who they are.
Guests at Christmas dinner. Jean-Georges and Marja Vongerichten with holiday guests.
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