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Summary: A nice compilation of favourite Korean recipes
Review: A wonderful book with easy-to-follow recipes! I had attempted about half of the recipes, and they all had been wonderful cooking experiences thus far. A word of caution: if "really" spicy or savoury food is not your cup of tea...tone down the red pepper & coarse salt amounts as indicated in the recipes.
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Summary: Easy to understand, very inviting
Review: As I moved out of the house, away from mother's cooking, I reealized that I needed something in English to try to even remotely replace the home cooked meals of my mother. Speaking little Korean myself I needed a cookbook that spoke to me, a second generation Korean male. This book did. In fact, I loved the recipes so much that I even visited the actual Dok Suni. Nothing will replace mom's cooking; but this book helps you feel like you are your own guest. My only stink is that I wished it was a bit more descriptive, more emphasis on preparation. Some recipes were so descriptive; others seemed rushed as if the author did not like the dish herself.
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Summary: below my expectations
Review: Being korean-american, I guess my expectations were too high. I thought that since, the authors of this book were korean, that this book would help me hone my korean cooking skills. I was very disappointed because there are not that many recipes contained in the book and also many of the techniques used are not traditional. The recipes turned out okay, but they seemed to be lacking something. The ingredient list and techniques used seemed to be simplified so that they would be easier for nonkoreans. However, for someone who is unfamiliar with korean food in general, there are not enough pictures to help them. There are 8 pages of pictures and six of them contain pictures of finished products.
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Summary: Nice, but Not Authentic
Review: Dok Suni is a nice Korean cookbook with it's many pictures of the author growing up, the little stories of her diligent mother, the colorful pictures of the food. I wouldn't call it authentic Korean cooking though. The recipes are still very tasty, but don't make these recipes thinking they are what most Korean mothers make for meals. The recipes are very Americanized and it's a great book to introduce someone to Korean food and cooking. Just don't serve these recipes to someone from the Fatherland and call it "homecooking".
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Summary: Hmmm. I don't think so...
Review: Dok Suni is one of my favorite restaurants, so I bought this book to see how to make d'uk boki, my fave rice noodle dish. The recipes are good jumping-off points, but one can't help thinking that ingrediants have been left out of the dish. A more specific sense of direction would have been useful (i.e., what BRAND of red pepper paste is recommended, and is there a difference between different brands).
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Summary: Highly Recommendable
Review: I am a Korean American who has been eating Korean food most my life-I feel that I can be a fairly accurate judge of Korean cooking and this book is Excellent. I feel that these recipes were very easy to follow and were very authentic. Because most Korean cooks-cook according to instinct versus documented recipes( a pinch of this and that)-this book was wonderful to have. It give some structure to the art. I've recommended this to several friends and have even bought it for others. Also this book has some wonderful little stories about cooking and the author's family. It is a beautiful and handy book.
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Summary: Delicious!
Review: I am a vegetarian, so I can't answer to the criticism of the beef recipes, but I've had the duk bok gee, jap chae, kim chee soup, tofu side dish, and several others (probably spelling these incorrectly) - and they all turned out GREAT, better than my mother's cooking. There were no problems in the amount/proportions of the ingredients like previous reviewers indicated and I refer to this cookbook, pages spattered with food, often when I feel like eating Korean.
This is the first Korean cookbook I own (I'm Korean), and I never felt the need to purchase another one.
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Summary: what good is cookbook with incorrect ingredient lists?
Review: I am not Korean, but my dear friend is. She doesn't have any written recipes, so I bought this to try to learn some of the great things she made while we were roomates. Well, the seaweed soup recipe calls for so much seaweed that it's ludicrous and possibly physically impossible to get that much dried seaweed in that amount of water. Luckily I was able to call my friend for help. The second recipe I tried, for bulgogi, had no where near the amount of seasoning one would typically use... based on my friend & on many korean restaurants I've been to. Did she just not pay attention when writing these recipes? The ingredients are correct, and the stories are nice, but the directions and quantities are way off.
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Summary: Helpful, but not much
Review: I have been keeping this book for about six months and have tried around 10 recipes from it. I am not Korean but my boyfriend is a native so he can easily tell whether those dishes are authentic or not. After those experience, I feel this book is helpful for beginners, but it oversimplifies Korean cuisine. Those side dishes aren't so easy to make as they look, believe me. Besides, some recipes are confusing. For example, Kalbi, according to the book, for 1 pound beef short ribs, it only needs 2 tablespoons soy sauce, 2 tablespoons sugar, 2 teaspoon sesame oil and chopped garlic, no salt at all. If you follow this, the beef ribs will turn out to be tasteless. Korean barbecue dishes always have strong taste and need much more condiments. And Yuke-jaong, our favorite, needs much more red pepper flakes than the quantity from the book to get that hot and spicy taste. So I think this is just an OK cooking book, not a great one, though I do love those stories bringing out the culture of this country.
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Summary: Home Cooking
Review: I love this book! It has all of my favorite dishes from growing up as a Korean American. Until this book, I mainly cooked American food and left the Korean food to my mom or eating out. For my first try, I cooked a dinner of Kalbi, boiled dumplings, japchae, cucumber salad, tofu, egg custard and seaweed soup when I first got the book and everything turned out wonderfully. I got rave reviews from my guests. By sprinkling the Kalbi with brown sugar before tenderizing with Kiwi juice(a key ingredient), they turned out perfect. Another reviewer said that the recipe calls for salt or more marinade, but I found it to be the right amount. I agree that some of the preparation details are sometimes similfied and missing information such as boiling time, etc. Also, in the seawood soup recipe, the seawood amount is a bit much and I had to add water and more of the seasonings. However, everything so far has been authentic, fun to make, and delicious. I already bought another book for a friend & for a newly married couple. It helps if you grew up with Korean Food, are familiar with Korean flavorings, but just couldn't get your mother to write down the exact recipes.
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