Have you ever seen a recipe book with illustrations? I hadn’t until I came across this beautiful book! Really tempted to make some food from here, now… Still, it was worth getting this, and the humorous and informative text made things even better. Reading this was quite fun, though I think you might be left wanting more recipes. (not showing the kimchi & pickles because they are quite familiar to many and seafood and alcoholic drinks sections because I have no interest in them) I think the food processor sound – ‘wee’ – was funny, for the other meanings that word has… I would’ve used ‘whirr’ or something like that! XDīean sprout salad, Soy spinach, Pan-fried tofu, Spicy bok choy, Soy garlic beef over rice, Spicy pork over rice, Kimchi stew, Seaweed soup with beef, Black sesame porridge, Spicy cold noodles, Brown sugar pancakes, Kimchi fried rice, Gimbap rolls, Kimchi pancake, Omelet fried rice, Black soybean noodles, Spicy chicken tacos, Soy sesame mayonnaise (in the Korean Burgers recipe). The general introduction shows 7 key ingredients, the fridge, the pantry, a typical table (for a family), rice types, rice how-to, and the food regions (North Korea included). The cartoon girl in this book, Dengki, acts as the author-voice.

Every recipe group and recipe has an introduction, and a few food stories are also included. There are 60+ recipes, including fusion dishes, and some area already vegetarian (and further some can be made vegetarian/vegan with some changes). The author is a Korean who moved to US in her teens, and usually does comics, so doing this book must’ve been easier in that sense. This is a rather fun Korean cookbook, since it’s in a comic form, making it also a fairly quickly read (plus one can see all the dishes ready here, no photos needed).

Cook Korean! by Robin Ha