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Local foods take on Korean flavors at restaurant

Phyllis Coulter
Apr 21, 2022
Apr 21, 2022

Chef Ken Myszka of Harmony Bar-B-Que displays a sampling of Korean dishes. He grows much of the produce for the restaurant on a farm in rural Downs in central Illinois.
Photo by Phyllis Coulter

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BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — You might not expect an Illinois farm boy to be an expert in Korean cooking, but Ken Myszka, a farmer and chef, certainly knows his gyeran jjim from his kimchi jjigae.

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