Food of Korea (Food of the World Cookbooks) [Hardcover]

David Clive Price (Author), Masano Kawana (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 120 pages
• Publisher: Periplus Editions (November 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9625930264
• ISBN-13: 978-9625930268
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 8.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,211,085 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

David Clive Price was born in London and studied history at Cambridge and in Italy, where he farmed and began to write. Among his books are the travel narratives The Other Italy, Travels in Japan, and Between Two Seas: A Journey into South Korea. He has also published travel books on the Forbidden City and Hong Kong, as well a book on the Food of Korea and on Buddhism in Asia.

David is a published novelist. His new novel Chinese Walls, set in the corporate and political world of London and Hong Kong, was published in May 2011. His first novel, Alphabet City, was set in the Lower East Side of Manhattan in the early 1980s and was described by the novelist Edmund White as delivering "the heart of New York, alive and throbbing on the page". David is an authority on the life and works of Pier Paolo Pasolini, whose travel narrative The Scent of India he has translated into English.

New editions of Alphabet City and The Scent of India will be published in summer 2011.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars highly recommended! Reliable, thorough with great accompanying fotos, January 13, 2011

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S. Smith (San Francisco Bay Area) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Food of Korea (Food of the World Cookbooks) (Hardcover)

This is my top pick out of the 7ish Korean cookbooks that I have purchased over the years.

It's a stand-out Korean cookbook because the recipes actually produce dishes that approximate the taste of what I'd get at a good Korean restaurant here in the bay area or a dish turned out by a really good Korean home cook.

I've followed these recipes very closely and havn't taken chances as far as doing my own substitutions and each dish came out wonderfully! I've not diverged since I don't know what I'm doing in the kitchen and can't risk bungling up a dish.

5.0 out of 5 stars Lovely book with beautiful pictures and lots of information, October 22, 2011

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This review is from: Food of Korea (Food of the World Cookbooks) (Hardcover)

I bought this as a gift for my daughter and son-in-law who spent some time in Korea. They developed a love for the country and the food. They are both great cooks who enjoy cooking Korean dinners. I think these recipes sound great, and I think they will like this book.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Delightful and Easy to Follow Recipes, November 21, 2008

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erotic snooper "erotic snooper" (lakewood,wa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Food of Korea (Food of the World Cookbooks) (Hardcover)

This book includes easy to follow traditional recipes along with pictures to follow for the preparation process. There are also stories on some of the history of Korea and restaurants where the recipes were obtained. Thoroughly enjoyable.