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Chef Park Eun-young’s EBS mapo tofu rice bowl uses fried soft tofu served with a separately cooked pork sauce. The key distinction is the starch: corn starch coats the tofu, while a potato-starch slurry thickens the sauce. Mixing both into the pan would miss the method demonstrated in this version.Image and recipe reference: EBS The Best Cooking Secrets, 14 February 2023. Original broadcast capt..
Read story ↗The fragrance identified with aespa’s Karina in HIGH CUT’s perfume feature is Le Labo THÉ NOIR 29 eau de parfum. If you are searching for the bottle, check the full fragrance name and product type together: the number 29 is part of its name, not a 29mL size.Image: HIGH CUT perfume feature; celebrity Instagram credited in the original.What connects this perfume to Karina?HIGH CUT identifies THÉ N..
Read story ↗The pink cheek product named in HIGH CUT’s coverage of Jisoo’s Dior event makeup is Dior Rouge Blush in 212 Tutu. That is a blush shade, not the Dior Addict lipstick shown in the same feature. For anyone shopping from the photograph, matching the product family and shade number is more useful than searching for “Jisoo pink makeup.”Image: HIGH CUT, using Dior-provided material.An event makeup cre..
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