Best Asian Cookbook that I have Found
343930
This cookbook make cooking fast and easy. All the recipes take 30 minutes or less start to finish. Living in Japan, this has made shopping and cooking much easier as I can easily find all of the ingredients here. Other Asian cookbooks have specialty ingredients that are hard to find.
2955043
I am a huge fan of trying out new foods and I have always wanted to try my hand at cooking something that is not from my culture or something I am very unfamiliar with. See in my house we love trying new foods. We don't eat Meatloaf of baked chicken every week. We love to try new things and enjoy all the many flavors of the world.

I got the Seoul Food Korean Cookbook as this is totally out of the box for. Pus, if you look at the cover, it just looks amazing! I am a sucker for a great photo.

I was excited for my cookbook to arrive and to check out all the recipes that were included. Once it arrived I ripped the box open and got to looking.
The first chapter is awesome as it explains about the Korean Food Culture. I though this was awesome because I really didn't have any knowledge of the Korean Food Culture.

I think the Rice and Noodles chapter had to be my favorite. I love rice and noodles. I have never heard of any of these dishes before so it was exciting to try something new. Kimchi Fried Rice is what I ended up trying out first. I was extremely happy with the end result. It was amazing and the directions on how to make it were awesome. The recipes have substation tips which is great. I have seen a lot of cook books without them.

On the recipes it also tells you if the recipe if Vegetarian Friendly. I think this is awesome because even me, who is not a vegetarian, I don't like to eat a lot of red meat. I prefer vegetables over beef and pork.

Chapter 12 is Drinks and Sweet Treats. I haven't tried anything just yet but I am super excited because they have a recipe for Green Tea Ice Cream. First, I want to make my own ice cream because that is just awesome, but also because its Green Tea and my boyfriend LOVES Green Tea. So this is very exciting. He will have a surprise when it gets home one of these days.

Overall I am super happy with my new cook book. The recipes are detailed. The note prep time, freeze times, chill times, and cook times. The cook book includes substations which is great for some of us who don't like certain foods and the recipes allow us to know if they are vegetarian friendly.

Also, in the front of the book, it explains how to cook the perfect rice on the stove. Now I failed at this many times before but even though I have a rice cooker I am going to attempt to try it now with this recipe! Its different from how I have done it before.

Hope you all enjoy your new cook book as much as I am! I am now trying to choose what to do for dinner. I think I will let the kids pick dinner tonight. We try to make it a fun game. I am blessed to have children who are not picky eaters!! =D

Enjoy your new cook book everyone! Promise you will all love it!!
I received this product for free in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.
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I placed an order for two copies of this book - one for my mother-in-law and one for myself. I had checked this book out from the library out of curiosity. As a Chinese-Singaporean married to a Korean, I have been taught a few things by my mom-in-law. I had used a few cookbooks, but my dishes never quite turned out like my mom's. Well, so far, the recipes are great and the end results made my husband very happy. My mom-in-law perused the cookbook and she declared, "I am surprised! This is very good!" A lot of the ingredients are only available in good Korean stores. So if you live somewhere with no access to such ingredients, perhaps you shouldn't bother.
4601801
This cookbook is incredible. I've only had it for a month and have already made a number of recipes: kale and white bean soup, carmelized tofu, chana masala, leek patties with cabbage slaw, and more! Everything is delicious and the instructions are clear.

I like how this book incorporates a lot of international foods that could have been difficult to make, but Michael explains the recipes in a way that makes them really easy to understand. I've always been really intimidated by asian and indian cooking, but this book has enabled me to to make these dishes well-balanced and delicious. I love everything I've made from here and would highly recommend it.
265354
I have been a fan of Maangchi's for years and have made many of her dishes.  Her quick kimchi, seolleongtang (ox-bone or beef bone soup), Dwaejigogi-bokkeum (spicy stir-fried pork) and many other dishes are my go-to recipes for Korean dishes.  I recently tried some of her new recipes from the book like yaksik (sweetended rice with nutes and fruits), oi-muchim (spicy cucumber side dish), danmuji (pickled radish) and they were all easy to make and turned out perfectly.  For THE definitive guide to great Korean cooking and recipes; Maangchi's is the only book you will find yourself reaching for time and again.  I can't wait for her next volume!!
2613975
Good quick resource for Asian recipes if you were looking for something in a hurry.
3578401
This book is different from many Asian cookbooks in that its primary focus is on grilling techniques as they apply to Asian foods.  The result is a scrumptious wealth of recipes which are truly a delight to prepare and eat.  The only reason I didn't give the review 5 stars is that I found that many of the recipes were a little more time-consuming than I prefer, taking 45 minutes minimum to prepare.  However, the result is food that is truly authentic Thai, Vietnamese, Chinese, Laotian, and so on.  This book really delivers on the flavors of South East Asia.  Most recipes call for ingredients which can be found in any grocery store, but there will be times you'll have to make a trip to your neighborhood Asian mart to discover the delight of cooking with real banana leaves, palm sugar or some of the more unusual ingredients.  I would say that if you love cooking, especially on the grill, and enjoy flavorful food, you'll really get a lot out of this book.
409676
This is the most wonderful cookbook!  I love it!  I recently made Banh Chung (Sticky Rice Cakes). for the Chinese New Year coming up in February.  I never made these before....the step by step instructions guided me through.  I was so proud of the way they turned out. There are so many delicious recipes I want to try.  I highly recommend this cook book.  It's one of the best cookbooks I own. (And I have many!)
854027
I have been following Maangchi on YouTube and her website for a few years now, so I was really excited to get an actual BOOK that I can reference while cooking instead of running back and forth to my computer. SO awesome! Maangchi's recipes are wonderful, and definitely authentic. Sure, you can find varying ingredients for some of the recipes depending on where you look, but that's just the nature of cooking. People make the recipe their own, and Maangchi even suggests doing this yourself. Korean cooking is not a science, it's about making wholesome food that tastes delicious for YOU, and this cookbook can help you do that. My wife is Korean, and I cook for her very often using recipes from this book. She always says that the food is delicious (though I don't use as much anchovy in my soup stock as she would like!). If you're looking for a great and easy to use Korean cookbook, don't hesitate to buy this one. And watch her videos, Maangchi is so fun and awesome!!!!!
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This cookbook is for both the beginner and experienced cook and belongs on every cooks shelf. I have personally prepared every recipe in this cookbook and have thoroughly enjoyed eating every dish. I have lived in Asia and love authentic Chinese cooking. The recipes are very well written, precise and easy to follow. I have shared the recipes with friends to their delight and have learned enough about chinese cooking - food preparation, seasoning, cooking, presentation, etc. to successfully improvise on my own. I recommend this cookbook without reservations.
2882033
Finally...the cookbook I've been searching for!  I am of Korean descent and grew up on its cuisine, but never really learned the ins and outs of Korean cooking other than the most basic dishes.  I always thought many of the dishes were cumbersome and time consuming, but this book made the process enjoyable.

I have several other Korean cookbooks and none of them can compare to this one.  It's chock full of information and excellent tips that my mother or mother-in-law never even taught me.  It made me want to try recipes that I never thought of making, and they were all excellent!  I would give it 10 stars if I wasn't limited to 5.
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This book is great and super easy to use.  I am not a novice to cooking, but I am not an expert (especially with Asian dishes since I'm white).  My husband (who's Asian) has loved the Korean chicken the most so far.  Good book!
1392371
I love Thai food and my favourite dish is Panang Curry. You would not believe how hard it was to find a recipe book with a Panang recipe (maybe I was looking in the wrong places?). I really appreciate the sections about techniques and mail-order resources. All in all, this is a very complete and well organized thai cookbook. I would definitely recommend picking it up!
4778332
Love this book. Have given it to two different people as gifts. After buying this took a few recipes to the Korean store and went wild with it. Now have 5 lbs of gochujang sitting it in my fridge (hadn't heard of half the ingredients we bought). Everything we made has turned out great (aside from not loving the fermented shrimp we put in the kimchi).
1874959
I really like this Korean recipe book and I could almost hear Maangchi's voice urging me to try making something unusual just for the fun of it.  The recipes are easy and tasty with clear instructions and very good photos and illustrations throughout. The book is sectioned off into courses or types of dishes offered and I gravitated to the sides and pickles since one of my favorite things about eating Korean meals is the banchan.

Nothing starts off a good Korean BBQ than a dozen small plates of preserved and pickled vegetables.  Delicious!

Good for beginners with very approachable recipes.  Good for intermediates with the desire to explore more traditional Korean dishes.
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I like this book so much that I have purchased and given it away as gifts many times over the years. Even my children have copies of this great Chinese Cook Book. Everyone who have used Lil's book eventually find that the dish they prepare is better than those served in the Chinese Restaurants!!! That's because the book doesn't shortcut the preparation steps which makes everything that much more tasty (and the prep time a little longer#.

If you can read and follow directions, this book will make you a Chinese chef in no time. The book is very informative, especially if you are new to Chinese vegetables and cooking utensils. Lily has broken down the description and use of each chinese utensil, such as a wok, and provides the chinese to english translation to the various vegetables and spices used in Oriental Cooking. This is especially useful if visiting a chinese market for the first time. Lily, provides you with tips for selecting and cutting of meat for Chinese dishes. She also diagrams the best way to cut Chinese vegetables and how to cook them quickly over a wok.

The recepies of most dishes found in Lily's book are found and served in most Mandarin Chinese Restaurants. So things like Sweet and Sour Pork, or Egg Foo Young, Mongolian Beef or Chow Mein recipies are included. The more exotic dishes, and those variations based on other provinces in China, such as Sechuan cooking, would be missing. Then, again, for standard Asian fare, this cookbook is a must.

To those of you living in the Silicone Valley and savored the Shredded Chicken Salad at either Ming's of Palo Alto or Tao Tao of Mountain View, will be happy to know that the recipe Lily has included comes real close #drop the red wine vinegar and replace peanuts with Cashews, sesame seeds and Sunflower seeds). The heat is the chinese mustard mixed in the dressing.

A great cook book for those who crave standard Chinese food.
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I have been an ATK fan for years but this is hands down, the best one in the bunch for me. The book stays open easily and the recipes are easy to find, read, and follow. I love that each section has unique ingredients referenced so you have guidance on what you are looking for when you head to the store.
I love the specific recommendations for tools and ingredients that are in the context of the recipes (for example, the best griddles in the pancake section, or the best low fat mayo in the dressing section).
This is not a diet cookbook by any means - these are truly delicious recipes that are packed with the maximum amount of nutrition and flavor. I've found them very conducive to the Weight Watchers eating plan - high fiber, protein, and whole grains, low in fat, and high in flavor and satisfaction. The first recipe I tried was the cinnamon rolls recipe - I didn't believe they could make moist, flavorful, satisfying rolls with a mere 4 T of butter but they did. If that doesn't sell you on the book, I don't know what will.
I also own the ATK "Best Light Recipe" book. I have to say I prefer this healthy cookbook to the Light book. It seems to me it is more focused on increasing the nutritional value (substituting whole wheat where possible, adding extra vegetables, choosing healthier fats, etc) and less focused on simply reducing the calories and fat. There are also many duplicates with minor changes between the two cookbooks. I find this Family Cookbook to be much more user friendly as well. If you don't like whole wheat, I would stick with the Light Cookbook. But if you are trying to incorporate more whole grains into your diet, the Healthy Family Cookbook is for you.