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

Super great book of you are just starting out. Easy to follow directions and fun. Everything I tried from this book turned out great!

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.

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.

I bought this for a birthday present but after seeing how great it is I'm going to keep it and buy them something else!It's a large, thick sturdy paperback book. Some of the writing is on the smaller side because theres alot of info.Can't wait to start trying some of the recipes.

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!

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.

Best entertaining cook book I have ever seen. It is so cool. I love it. The cultural aspect is wonderful ! It’s a true gift from a gifted and creative artist. Thank you

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