Cook Korean!: A Comic Book with Recipes [A Cookbook]

My teen daughter and I made a few recipes out of this and it was so much fun as well as super delicious! The fun illustrations and homey casual style won over my teen and I appreciate how straightforward and easy the recipes are. Everything turned out so good we even made some twice! I highly recommend this book.

The recipes are pretty accurate (I’m Korean) and the book is actually entertaining to read! I saw this book at my nephews house and purchased it myself because I loved the illustrations. The recipes are good and easy to follow. Great gift for Korean foodies!

R. A. Walker's husband here. My wife bought me this book as a treat while I was out of town visiting my mom. I have read it thorouh twice now (and when was the last time you did that with a cookbook?) and I have to say that I am totally in love with it. I have a pretty large collection of cookbooks, and I tend to pare them regularly of the ones that don't get used. I recently purged another Korean cookbook which had beautiful photographs and completely inscrutable recipes. I am certain that Cook Korean! will be on my cookbook shelf forever. Robin Ha has demystified a cuisine that I love to eat but, despite being a good and experienced cook of multiple cuisines and styles, have been afraid to try and make at home. I feel, after reading it, not only that I can make the recipes in the book, but that I have a handle on Korean cooking in a general sense. I tested this by looking up some recipes online and yep, they make a lot more sense to me now. Something about the comic book format (and I'm a lover of comics as well as of cuisine) communicates the process of cooking this food to me in a way that a bare recipe never did. Robin's story of her awakening to a love of home cooking and of the traditions that inform Korean cuisine are charming, informative, and really connect with the reader. If you long for the taste of yukgaejang and kimchi jiigang at home, but find these dishes intimidating, BUY THIS BOOK. You will not be sorry. You will make delicious Korean food at home. It will make you happy in your belly.

Cook Korean! by Robin Ha is a delightful cookbook that de-mystifies Korean cusine for the average (non-Korean) home cook. The book is well-organized and the intro section is just right- not too long, introducing the book's intent and describing ingredients to look for to make authentic Korean recipes. I didn't know if I would like a comic format so much, but her comics and writing style are easy and fun to follow, and I appreciated the little bits of info distributed throughout the book as well.Though there are no photos, the many drawings really help me understand what to do, from cutting ingredients to the right size to how the dish should look at the end. Chapters on street food, cocktails and anju, and Korean fusion dishes take care to acknowledge other delicious influences and features of Korean food and culture.We already had the ingredients for Oisobagi kimchi in our kitchen,and there will definitely be homemade bulgogi and nakji in my near future. I received this review copy from bloggingforbooks in exchange for my honest review, and I can't wait to Cook Korean! I highly recommend this book if you're just getting in to cooking Korean cuisine at home, it's a great, easy to follow guide and fun to read.

This book is so much fun! Saw the author at a book festival doing a cooking demo and got my copy signed.I live in a large metropolitan area and have access to international markets, which for seaweeds and some ingredients you will definitely need (or Amazon) but at least once the initial purchases are made for your pantry you can use the individual ingredients many times. Her recipes are fairly straightforward, some have more steps than others, but everything I have made has been good. The seaweed salad recipe has become a regular in our lineup, and what a great way to get greens and minerals in the body during this summer heat when greens aren't growing much. Its educational, practical, and I think would be a good gateway for kids and teens to hook them into an interest in food.Wish the author would collaborate with other cooks to illustrate a series of these type of books. I find without photographs, rather, its hand drawn of all the steps and the finished product helps the reader to not have as much stress about your dish not looking like a very stylized food photo like most cookbooks have these days, and focus on having an enjoyable time making simple good home meal preparations. Its also educational with Korean culture tidbits spread throughout the book.UPDATE NOV 2016:Recommend The Adventures of Fat Rice: Recipes from the Chicago Restaurant Inspired by Macau for another unique cookbook that has some hand drawn comic style technique dispersed throughout, mixed with photographs and cultural/personal stories. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1607748959/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2TCSOTSSKDROY&coliid=I38O4T8GSHZ7G6

This book does a great job introducing you to the typical daily korean cuisine. There are many recipes that are presented in a fun, digestable format which invites you to cook along with the author. Would recommend for someone trying to get started learning and trying out korean foods.

Useful for many different items to cook and prepare. Loves to cook Korean.

I sent this to my 12 year old grandson who is already something of a foodie. The book has lots of illustrations and is pretty entertaining along with being a good cookbook. He loves it.