Cookbook Club: Korean American

Cookbook Club host Annette Tomei will introduce you to the rich flavors and cultural intersections of Korean American cooking. You'll receive cooking tips, shopping help, advance prep techniques, and the experienced enthusiasm of a renowned teacher, historian, and traveler. Click here for a full FAQ. Meets on Zoom, April 8 and 29, 7:00-8:30 pm Eastern Time. Korean American is appealing in so many ways, it's hard to know just where to begin. Eric Kim, the son of Korean immigrants who was raised in Atlanta, writes movingly of the contrasts between his mother's home cooking and the food he encountered—and eventually began to cook—from other traditions. In a book full of compelling recipes, he uses headnotes and chapter openings to capture the tensions and inspired intersections between cultures. Those jalapeños he sometimes calls for are not traditionally Korean, but they are what was available to his family when they immigrated to a city without any Korean grocers, so they became part of