The Kimchi Book: Mastering the Basics of Kimchi with the Chefs' Teacher, Goh Eun-jeong 김치 책: 셰프들의 김치 선생님, 고은정의 기본 김치 레시피

- A kimchi master sought out by leading food experts, Goh Eun-jeong - Stories of Korean kimchi and basic kimchi recipes from teacher Goh Eun-jeong - Recommended by food columnist Hwang Gyo-ik, chef and writer Park Chan-il, and actor Yang Hee-kyung - Korean and English texts included together for international readers - Includes kimchi ingredients and finished photos that capture the mood of all four seasons "I wanted to include those kimchi recipes in this book - the ones my mother approved of, the ones that capture the distinct flavors of each season. It is my hope that people are able to make kimchi easily, without struggle - much like boiling a pot of ramen." Goh Eun-jeong "The Kimchi Book" is the most fundamental guide to kimchi, helping readers understand seasonal ingredients and respect the time it takes for jang and kimchi to mature. Following the flow of spring, summer, autumn, and winter, it explains kimchi recipes using seasonal ingredients and their characteristics. Life Pattern Korea. It also explains why each kimchi should be made at that specific time and why each ingredient tastes best in that season. In particular, this book includes both Korean and English texts, accurately conveying the context and philosophy of kimchi amid the global spread of the K-food trend. Going beyond simple recipes, it explains the structure of seasons, fermentation, and the Korean table, and translates that content into "a language the world can understand." Life Pattern Korea. In this way, it is a work that can properly introduce kimchi, which stands at the center of the K-food trend, to people around the world. Author Goh Eun-jeong has long preserved and led food culture related to jang and kimchi. At "Masinneun Bueok" near Jirisan, she has operated the Seasonal Food School, Kimchi School, and Korean Jang School, teaching people for many years how to cook rice, make jang, and make kimchi. Life Pattern Korea. Since 2017, through the Seoul Metropolitan Government project "Janghada, My Life," she has led a shared jangdokdae project, and she also restored the jangdokdae at the Blue House while teaching cooks how to make jang. Her classes always place at the center not grand cooking, but the recovery of home-cooked meals, the memory of hand taste, and the attitude of a kitchen that follows the seasons. "The Kimchi Book" introduces 45 kinds of kimchi, including the most basic kimchi recipes such as baechu kimchi, baek kimchi, and yeolmu kimchi, as well as kimchi recipes using unexpected ingredients such as eggplant kimchi, chamjuk shoot kimchi, tomato kimchi, and onion kimchi, and kimchi recipes featuring seasonal ingredients such as dallae kimchi, green apple lotus root kimchi, and parae kimchi. Life Pattern Korea. Filled with the sincerity of one person who has spent more than 30 years cooking rice, making jang, and making kimchi, this book will serve as a friendly introduction for anyone who wants to study kimchi properly. Life Pattern Korea. It will also make a fresh and meaningful gift for international readers interested in K-food. . Author: 고은정 Goh Eun-jeong Publisher: 몽스북 Monsbooks (2026) . ! This book introduction is translated by machine translators and may contain mistranslations. For exact information, please refer to the publisher’s official introduction. ! All the books we sell have a small mark or label on either the top or bottom edge of the book, placed by us or the publisher/distributor. This is a common practice in Korea to verify authenticity and track the distribution route of the books. ! Please note that the cover design of the books may change without prior notice.