Chungah Rhee
Chungah Rhee is the recipe developer, food photographer and cookbook author behind Damn Delicious, where everyday home cooks find quick dinners and practical kitchen tips.
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Overview
- From
- Born and raised in Queens, New York
- Work
- Recipe developer, food photographer, cookbook author and founder of Damn Delicious
- Started
- 2011, as a graduate-school Tumblr hobby
- Education
- UCLA undergraduate degree; Master of Public Health at USC
- Early growth
- Pinterest readers found her short ingredient lists and bright food photography
Mini bio
How it started.
During graduate school at USC in 2011, a classmate told Chungah about a friend with a food blog. Chungah opened a Tumblr to document the food she made at home. She recalls starting with just two or three readers, mostly friends.
Finding her readers.
Damn Delicious grew an audience on Pinterest through approachable dishes, short ingredient lists and bright photography. Quick, savory dinners became her focus. What began as a hobby grew into a full-time business.
From blog to bookshelf.
Her first cookbook, Damn Delicious: 100 Super Easy, Super Fast Recipes, arrived in September 2016. Damn Delicious Meal Prep followed in February 2019, with 115 recipes designed for preparing meals ahead.
In the kitchen now.
Chungah works with a team that tests and retests recipes before publication. Her current focus is quick dinners with easy-to-find ingredients, plus tutorials and videos that help readers cook them at home.
Creditschronological, newest first
Cookbooks
Food publishing
- 2011–presentDamn DeliciousFounder, recipe developer and food photographer
Quotes
For me, I like simple. I need simple.Chungah Rhee, The Kitchn
On making recipes easy and accessible in an interview: https://www.thekitchn.com/chungah-rhee-of-damn-delicious-shares-her-miracle-meal-236170
Trivia
- She likes finding new donut shops and cheering on the Los Angeles Dodgers.
- Her corgis Butters and Cartman have their own spot on the Damn Delicious team page.
- When she has more time to cook, she enjoys risotto, especially with sweet potato, white wine and bacon.
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