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ABOUT CHUNGAH
I am the founder, creator, food photographer and recipe developer of Damn Delicious®, a website established in 2011. What started as a grad school hobby using a simple Tumblr account has transformed into my full-time job and business, connecting with millions of readers all over the world with recipes that are regularly featured in major media such as People, TODAY, and Bon Appetit, among many others.
Moving away from sunny Los Angeles, I now reside in the Midwest with my family and corgi crew, cheering on the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Why use Damn Delicious® recipes
- Trusted recipes. With thousands of recipes to choose from, I work with a team of women to test and re-test each and every single recipe to ensure that it comes out successfully in your kitchen (along with hundreds of five star reviews from fellow readers), whether you’re a seasoned chef or a first time cook in your college apartment.
- Focusing on quick and easy. Here at Damn Delicious®, we focus on quick, easy, and effortless dinners for the everyday home cook to show you that it doesn’t take much to make a homemade meal, especially during those busy weeknights between school pick-up and soccer practice.
- Easy to find ingredients. The recipes you find here require minimal prep and feature easy-to-find ingredients, making them no-fuss, affordable, and speedy. We’re talking minimal clean up, versatile pantry staples, one pan dinners, and budget-friendly meals with bold flavors for the entire family or weekend company.
- Tips, tricks, tutorials, and videos. Each recipe will feature helpful tips, tricks, smart shortcuts, and step-by-step videos setting you up for complete success in your kitchen every single time.
Cookbooks
- Damn Delicious: 100 Super Easy, Super Fast Recipes – My first cookbook features 100 recipes including quickie breakfasts, 30-minute skillet sprints, and speedy takeout copycats, inspiring you to whip up fast, healthy, homemade meals that are truly “damn delicious”.
- Damn Delicious Meal Prep – This cookbook is here to help you live a healthier (and more delicious) life! By taking the time to plan your meals, prep ingredients, and do some cooking ahead of time, it’s easy to have perfectly portioned healthy options at your fingertips for any time of the day—all while saving money.
Meet the team
CHUNGAH RHEE
New York, New York
Chungah, born and raised in Queens, is the founder and creator of Damn Delicious, established in 2011. She loves to travel, find new donut shops, and cheer on the Los Angeles Dodgers.
JANA NAWARTSCHI
BIELEFELD, GERMANY
Originally from Germany, Jana is a Boston-based actress, artist, and writer. When she is not on set or roaming the stage, Jana works behind-the-scenes, taking care of all things operational at Damn Delicious.
MARIAN COOPER CAIRNS
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
Marian is the food stylist, recipe developer, and art director at Damn Delicious. Based in Los Angeles, you can typically find her eating nachos, pizza and hot dogs for breakfast.
REN FULLER
CHISINAU, MOLDOVA
Ren is the newest addition to the Damn Delicious team as a food photographer. When she’s not shooting or directing, she’s usually adventuring outside, building something for her home, or perfecting the perfect smash burger.
JENNIFER CHONG
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
Jennifer is a food photographer based in Los Angeles. When she isn’t behind the lens, she is adventuring outdoors, traveling across continents, or chasing after her daughter.
KATHERINE IRWIN
NAMPA, IDAHO
As a lifelong food lover and creative spirit, Katherine started working on food photography, prop styling, and food styling in 2020. She loves listening to audiobooks while she crafts, cuddling with her cats, spending time in nature, and enjoying a good iced matcha latte.
LAURA HELLER
LINDSBORG, KANSAS
Laura is a cinematographer and creates the awesome how-to videos for Damn Delicious. When she isn’t behind the camera, you’ll find her songwriting in her home music studio, perfecting a new song on the piano, going on a hike, or getting a drink with friends.
BUTTERS AND CARTMAN
COLFAX, CALIFORNIA
Butters and Cartman are employees of the year for Damn Delicious. You can find them typically sleeping on the job by the toilet or stealing all the underwear and socks.
Let’s Connect
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Hey there
I love your cooking website and I’m looking forward to be love.
My favorite recipe my Mom Victoria makes is pasta scampi and I love watching Rachel Ray!!
I found your recipe for Turkey Gravy about 4 or 5 years ago and I have been dedicated to your site since. I would really love a subscription / ad-free site!
Recipes for sautéed scallops w butter lemon sauce
Just discovered your work. Trying out a couple of things tonight. Looking forward to good eating. Thanks for your efforts.
Tim in North Carolina (USA)
Thank you for your “easy cioppino” recipe. It’s alwasys a hit and now a steady birthday meal!
I have saved many recipes from Damn Delicious! They are easy to follow, use everyday ingredients and are always DELICIOUS. My Pinterest boards are bursting with these recipes. Keep it up!
I love eating but I don’t care for cooking, some of your recipes make cooking almost as fun as eating. Now for dirty dishes I’m going to design a large countertop with grates in it , you just pull a lever and Bang! all your dishes are gone.
Unfortunately I bought the ingredients before reading all of the recipe. Today is Sat and I was making for a soup sale tmo at church for our children. It says to serve immediately. I don’t have time to find another recipe and get the ingredients. Hoping this can be refrigerated overnite and taken to church tmo.
This is a relatively easy soup to prepare, but is creamy and mildly spicy. Definitely worth the time to collect the ingredients and the 1/2 hour or so to make. Yum!
used the scratch sloppy joe’s recipe as offered. all participating enjoyed the spicy, not hot, flavor. our family is trying to do less preservative in sauces. This was great and time to prepare was not too bad for folks who have a range of spices and prep bowls.
looking forward to trying more dishes. Thanks
I love y our recipes. please send me more of your delicious recipes
Hi Chungah – just wanted to let y6ou know that in Kenya, where I live, in Swahili – Chunga means to look after.
And I love potatoes and grow my own – I live on the South side of the Nairobi National Park and have a very nice, fenced vegie garden.
Come visit !
Hello,
Love your recipes and have made several.
As we are metric herein Canada and I am sure many of your followers are would it be possible to have an option of ” metric” iun the recipes?
Thank you,
Lloyd
I would love to make your sourdough biscuits. Where to make sourdough discard? Recipe?
Your creamy tortelini soup is the best I have ever had. Today I am making the creamy chicken and mushroom soup. Sure to be good!
I love your Korean Beef Bulgogi recipe- my son is in the US Navy and we both made it while we talked on the phone. We agreed it was the best recipe and most authentic flavor! Now, when he come home on leave, I make that as one of our “home” meals. Thank you for sharing !
Thank you, Military Mom and please tell him as well….. We appreciate his service and sacrifice for our country’s freedoms. God bless y’all and Merry Christmas!
Hi! I have been using your recipes to cook for my family of 6 for years, and every one of them has been delish! My kids have now grown up and moved on to their own lives, and I just recently lost my husband to ALS, so I am now a single household and have no idea how to cook for 1! Do you happen to have any recipes made just for 1, or a cookbook dedicated to single cooks? Even if I halved the regular recipe and froze what I didn’t eat right away, with my busy schedule, I’m afraid I would never be able to eat all of it while still safe to eat. Suggestions? Thank you for creating and sharing such amazing recipes with us! Alicia
Hey I love this cooking website I used to love going to cooking classes many years ago when I was
in High School and the recipe I’ve did was Jambalya with all the love I can GET Rock on vibes!!
I’ve followed your recipes for some time and enjoying the journey. We, my lady and I, enjoy new recipes and good food. Thanks for the adventure.
Your recipes are in my weekly meal rotation. They absolutely never disappoint! THANK YOU!
Just made your carbonara. Delicious! Glad I came across your site.