Kimchi: A Natural Health Food

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Summary: Kimchi is great food!
Review: If you would like some authentic Korean recipes for Kimchi, this is a great book! It shows exactly how to make a lot of different kinds, and the pictures are great. I've seen some recipes elsewhere for "basic" kimchi, but there are many, many different kinds and very few are written anywhere.

The book DOES assume you have some basic kimchi knowledge -- like how to ferment vegetables. There are not many books that really cover that aspect of things. And getting some of the ingredients -- like pickled baby fish -- requires going to a Korean grocery, perhaps with a bilingual friend.

That said, it's worth the effort! It is very difficult to get "real" kimchi recipes unless you know someone who makes it, and this is an invaluable guide. And, for us Westerners, making your own means you can vary the amount of pepper and garlic and sourness to suite your particular taste. Kimchi really does have more bio-available nutrients than raw or cooked vegetables, and does good things to your blood sugar and intestinal bacteria.

Plus, it makes your meals taste better!