Korea: Ginseng and Morning Calm

the appetizer:

Traditional Korean cuisine includes meat, rice, vegetables, tofu and the ubiquitous kimchi, cabbage pickled in garlic and chili peppers. Most meals are served with banchan, side dishes (like kimchi) that are as varied as they are numerous.

Traditional Korean Dress

Korea

Ginseng and Morning Calm

The physical location of Korea alone has fostered cross-cultural exchanges with China and Japan throughout history. It is hard to say whether Korean cooking influenced the Japanese or Chinese dishes first, or vice versa. All three countries share the balances of sweet, salty, bitter, hot and sour—the five flavors—in their approach to cooking and eating.

A typical Korean meal will have many dishes. Dinner is the primary meal with lighter meals for breakfast and lunch. Some variety of kim chee, the national dish of spicy pickled cabbage and other vegetables, is present at all of them. Chopsticks and spoons are the main eating utensils.

Korea

Korean Recipes

Asparagus Cooked Like Ferns
Braised Short Ribs with Vegetables (Kalbee Chim)
Iced Korean Cucumber Soup
Korean Beef on Fiery Chinese Cabbage
Mixed Vegetables with Beef (Chapche)
Stuffed Cucumber Kimchee (Oisobagi Kimchi)

from Kate's Global Kitchen:

Korean Cookbooks with Recipes

Eating Korean by Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee
The Kimchee Cookbook by Kim Man-Jo, Lee Kyou-Tae, and Lee O-Young
Growing Up in a Korean Kitchen by Hi Soo Shin Hepinstall

Korea on Wikipedia

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