This Is TASTE
This Is TASTE
Aliza Abarbanel & Matt Rodbard
826: Korean Drinking Culture Got the Book It Deserved with Irene Yoo
44 minutes Posted Aug 22, 2026 at 7:00 am.
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Irene Yoo’s groundbreaking book Soju Party just won a James Beard Award for teaching Americans to drink like Koreans—the rounds, the rules, the anju, all of it. It’s a big topic to cover, and we get into the soju tornado, the convenience-store hangover industrial complex, and how a pop-up turned into Orion Bar, the Bushwick bar she co-owns with her husband and cocktail collaborator, Nick Dodge.
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