{"id":49617,"date":"2019-10-31T11:55:57","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T18:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/?p=49617"},"modified":"2019-10-31T11:55:58","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T18:55:58","slug":"everyones-favorite-korean-cook-started-in-city-of-heroes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2019\/10\/31\/everyones-favorite-korean-cook-started-in-city-of-heroes\/","title":{"rendered":"Everyone&#8217;s favorite Korean cook started in City of Heroes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Emily Kim is a wildy popular chef on YouTube. She goes by the online handle &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maangchi.com\/\">Maangchi<\/a>&#8221; and has built a devoted global fan base by cooking Korean dishes, wearing amusing clothing, and generally acting like all the good stereotypes of a Korean mother. She&#8217;s published two cookbooks and turned herself into a brand worth millions by showing people how to make kimchi and babimbap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;My job was usually Attacker. I just always wanted to be wielding my sword and hammer.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/creators\/2019\/10\/28\/20927483\/maangchi-youtube-big-book-of-korean-cooking-videos-recipes\">most people don&#8217;t know<\/a> is that &#8220;Maangchi&#8221; was also the name of Emily&#8217;s avatar in City of Heroes. It means &#8220;hammer&#8221; in Korean. Before she blew up the world of YouTube cooking, she spent her nights trouncing MMO bad guys as a sexy superheroine. 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