About This Month’s Guest Contributors

Hi Soo Shin Hepinstall This month’s Korean cuisine recipe has been prepared for the readers of Asian Restaurant News by Celebrity Cher and Author Hi Soo Shin Hepinstall. Raised in Korea, but having lived and traveled around the world for 35 years, Ms.Hepinstall sadlly realized that the richness of Korean cuisine was little known to the outside world, and even to modern Koreans. He latest work, Growing up in a Korean Kitchen ( Ten Speed Press, 2001), is the first comprehensive and systematic Korean cookbook available in English, grounded in tradition and adapted for today’s kitchens. She has a “ certificate” from the Cordon Bleu Cooking School in Paris (1983) and is an award – winning novelist in Korea. Her speaking schedule and additional information can be found by visitinig www.koreanfeast.com. Robert Danhi Robert Danhi is the Executive Chef of Two Chefs on a Roll, a dynamic company in Carson California that creates and manufactures appetizers, dips, sauces, soups and desserts. They partner with restaurant chains and specialty retailers to help bring the guests and customer the best quality food possible. He is also an adjunct faculty member of the Culinary Institute of America, during Robert’s full-time tenure he taught numerous courses in the Continuing Education department and the degree program including the comprehensive Cuisines of Asia course. Robert is still active at the CIA as he continues to teach for the college and assists them with special projects that require his expertise. He can be reached at rdanhi@twochefsonaroll.com or chefdanhi@aol.com. Doris Chen, J.D. Ms.Chen has contributed this month’s restaurant Marketing and Management Ideas article, and is an enthusiastic fan of noodles. She received her J.D. from Santa Clara University, California, and specializes in intellectual property. Doris and her fiancée Josh Uziel ( an acid photographer who recently snapped this photo) highly recommend Sam Sato’s Noodle House, Located 1750 Wili Pa Loop, Wailuku, HI96793 at Hawaii, for the best dry saimen. Questions or comments to Doris or Josh can be sent through Asian Restaurant News, editor@a-r-n.net. Rita Negrete Asian Restaurant News is privileged to introduce Rita Negrete to our readers. Rita is Senior Editor at Chicago-based Technomic Information Services, the publishing arm of Technomic, Inc., the leading foodservice research and consulting firm. Rita has spent a decade in the foodservice trade press, serving as Executive Editor of Chef, Chef Today and Equipment Solutions, Marketing Editor of Chain Leader and a Neal Award-winning Senior Editor at Restaurant and Institutions. Her article, “ The Asian Quick-Casuals” is condensed and adapted from a new Technomic Information Services offering entitled, “ The 2004 Asian Quick-Casual Market Report.” This new report, as well as other food industry research and publications produced by Technomic, may be ordered online at www.foodpubs.com or by calling Chris Urban at (312)876-0004 or (800)607-5425, ext.229.