The Unpalatable Truth? Castella Cake Castigated on National TV

South Koreans take food seriously. In 2008, some of the biggest street protests in the country’s modern history were sparked by anger at imports of American beef [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/30/world/asia/30korea.html]. Media regularly report on alleged culinary outrages such as fake steak, suspect sauces and dud dumplings. On Sunday, Meokgeori X-Pail (“Food X-Files”), a show broadcast on South Korea’s Channel A, served up the latest scandal in the form of a sting job on “king castella” cake