Maangchi

Emily Kim (Kim Kwang-sook (김광숙) , better known as Maangchi, is a Korean-American chef, cookbook author, Internet personality, and YouTuber who resides in New York City. 
== About ==
She is known for her upbeat, motherly demeanor and her strict adherence to traditional recipes. 
Maangchi is one of the most popular Korean cooking channels on YouTube, with the New York Times describing her as "YouTube's Korean Julia Childs." 
== History ==
Maangchi started her channel in 2007 and it quickly became a success. 
Prompted by her channel's success, she started to release cookbooks under the name Maangchi in 2015. 
In 2018, the Korean Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs started to work with her to help promote traditional Korean food to the West. 
== Trivia ==
* Maangchi was born in Yeosu, Honam, South Korea. She moved to the United States in 1992 with her husband. 
* She had a husband. They had two kids and divorced in 2003. 
* Maangchi was a teacher, movie extra, and counselor for domestic violence victims before doing YouTube and cooking full-time.
* Maangchi means "hammer" in Korean. She started using the name in the early 2000s in the MMO City of Heroes. 
* Maangchi started her channel because she thought that too many Korean-Americans didn't know traditional Korean foods. 
* She learned how to cook from her family who were involved in the Korean seafood industry.
*She owns a white shirt that has autographs from her fans that attended her first book launch party in 2015.
== References ==
# https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/03/dining/maangchi-youtube-korean-julia-child.html
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