Perfect for the visual chef who wants to learn basic Korean cooking Perfect for the visual chef who wants to learn basic Korean cooking Since I'm a vegetarian, I'm always a little anxious about Korean food, because there's the potential for secret!fish sauce. This recipe book was given to me as a present, and it's a lovely gift for anyone who would like to explore Korean food and culture. In these playful but exact recipes, you'll learn how to create everything from easy kimchi (mak kimchi) and soy garlic beef over rice (bulgogi dupbap) to seaweed rice rolls (gimbap) and beyond. At fourteen she moved to the United States. It's more like the refreshing sweet. Start by marking “Cook Korean! We are experiencing technical difficulties. Ha talks and cooks with NPR's Ari Shapiro.
Now that I’ve prepared a couple of these meals, I can give this book the 5-star rating it deserves. Robin Ha’s colorful and humorous one-to three-page comics fully illustrate the steps and ingredients needed to bring more than sixty traditional (and some not-so-traditional) dishes to life. is perfect for beginners and seasoned cooks alike. Our discussion focused a lot on the usability of the book as a cookbook (someone didn't like that it was hard to keep open/didn't want to splash it with cooking; someone else found the instructions less detailed than desired). : A Comic Book with Recipes” as Want to Read: We all picked a recipe from the book to share with the group. I haven't even really made anything from the book yet but it's so much more than a normal cook book. Not so here. Then you just mix everything together and it just tastes great. Her blog Banchan in 2 Pages features Korean recipe comics.
Many graphic cookbooks are simply illustrated. Robin Ha starts each chapter (soups, seafood etc.)
Welcome back. I loved it!It's a graphic novel filled with Korean recipes. So cooking became this mysterious art that only truly gifted people could get right. I had to wait a little longer than anticipated because my 10-yr old son opened the Amazon package first and started reading it before I had a chance! The comic format really lends itself to that, as does Ha’s habit of adding cultural context and details to recipes. So, if you have those three things, it's complete as a meal, but you can go crazy and very elaborate and have a grill, which is kalbi or bulgogi.My favorite dish to make is bibim guksu, which is so quick. You can find it at any grocery shop these days, and then you just pile on all kind of salad and kimchi, and you make this sauce with gochujang, the red chili paste, and sugar, and kimchi juice from the jar. This was a great idea. Robin Ha starts each chapter (soups, seafood etc.)
also includes background information about the author, her food journey (her love for cooking started in Italy as an exchange student), how she developed the recipes and came up with the idea for the cookbook, and the role that food plays in Korean culture. with a bit of a cultural explanation, and both these explanations and the steps of the recipes and final product are all illustrated by her.I can't rate this because I didn't really get to try any of the recipes but I loved what I read.
Definitely one to purchase for my kitchen - I can't wait to try out the 삼계탕 (samgyetang), a ginger chicken soup, this winter!Loved it! We call it guksu or makguksu. So cooking became this mysterious art that only truly gifted people could get right. I learned a ton reading this book and had so much fun doing it.This is the first cookbook that I’ve just, like, read cover to cover. Please try again later.
Many graphic cookbooks are simply illustrated. Robin was born in Korea and grew up eating Korean food, but didn't fall in love with cooking until she was studying abroad in … Be the first to ask a question about Cook Korean! We also had fried tofu, yaksik (sweet, rice-based bars with dried fruits, nuts, and a LOT of honey bless), red beanThis was a little bit of an odd pick for the graphic novel book club I'm in (the choice was made by an outside group that partnered with us during summer reading // the theme being "Healthy Eating") but it made for a really fun meet-up! Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read.
All cookbooks should be comic books. It's a recipe book for people like me, who never grew up cooking because their parents (in my and author's case, mothers) cooked in crazy quantities and in my case, weren't into having anyone help. The artwork is adorable and Robin Ha is such a talented food writer. I love the bright, colorful drawings: cute and emotional for stories and practical and helpful for recipe instructions.