J.Kenji Lopez Alt - Interview with North American Post, Elaine Ikoma Ko, July 2022, Seattle, WA, USA

This is a 49-minute interview with J. Kenji López-Alt, currently one of the most famous international cooking stars. Kenji currently lives in Seattle with his wife and two young children. This interview delves into his adventurous journey to become one of the most popular food influencers today with 1.2M subscribers on his RUclips channel and over 500K followers on Instagram. His latest book "The Wok-Recipes and Techniques," (2022) is already a New York Times best seller and as was his two previous books, "The Food Lab" and "Every Night is Pizza Night." Interviewer is North American Post contributor Elaine Ikoma Ko. The Post is a Seattle-based community newspaper serving the Japanese and Asian community.
Video by: @crystalbrownmedia
Written interview can be found at: www.napost.com/jkenjilopezalt
Book-signing event at Seattle Uwajimaya, October 14, 2022.
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[@JKenjiLopezAlt]

Thanks Elaine, I had a lot of fun speaking with you.

[@Darian--]

It's the mindfulness and intention for me. I appreciate how much he cares about his impact. Whether that be on the environment or people's business, etc.

[@briannamorgan8548]

Fabulous interview. I love Kenji because he's so down to earth and easy in his communication but also because he obviously wants to encourage and contribute to a better world for all of us. And he respects the concept of privacy. If you haven't yet, go explore his videos where he cooks and teaches and shows us all how we don't have to sweat about our cooking choices.

[@kristiemansfield]

He’s such a thoughtful person.

[@AnnapolisGirly]

I’ll be buying the book. I loved the Wok!

[@patrickmurray4418]

Mahalo for sharing! Great insight to Kenji and his family & background! Chee Hoo! ❤️😬🤙🏾

[@acarajeh]

Great interview, interviewer and guest. Kenji, you make the world a better place. Thank you for sharing your history. You’re truly a fascinating person.

[@masonbrown6966]

🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘 this was awesome - thank you so much for interviewing one of the best!

[@brucemiyahara6591]

Nice job Elaine! Do more!

[@lunadeni]

Great enjoyable interview. Loved the bright personalities of both Elaine and Kenny!

[@jeffthomas912]

This was great. Thanks, Elaine and Kenji.

[@averylfong4843]

This is genuinely so interesting to me, especially the bit at the end about learning the science behind techniques and learning different methods across various Asian cuisines, even as an Asian person who's grown up around wok cooking.

[@smartaleci]

Bonus Kenji!

[@msb6100]

thank you--i really enjoyed the interview.

[@UBMD]

Love this! Thank you 🙏

[@ginkgosunmontana7628]

Great video! Can't wait for the new book you are working on. Also love your RUclips vids, and of course, the fact that you rock a ginkgo tatoo🥰

[@themightyjooj8465]

This is such a wonderfully insightful interview 😊

[@viviangunsettcecco]

Thank you!

[@billburks58]

What a beautiful thing for you to do. Thank you.

[@briannamorgan8548]

Also thanks to the North American Post for the video and for still being there after all these years!