The Best Korean Cookbooks

Meera Sodha brings 120 plant-based recipes from across Asia to your weeknight table in East, a collection of vibrant, fuss-free dishes inspired by home cooks and gourmet chefs from Bangalore to Beijing.

Simply Korean by Aaron Huh proves that Korean food tastes restaurant-perfect because the shortcuts are built right in—no Seoul trip required.

Cook Korean! by Robin Ha pairs hand-drawn comics with 64 recipes, making it the most fun introduction to Korean home cooking you'll actually want to read cover to cover.

Millions watched Sarah Ahn and her umma cook together online, and now Umma by Sarah Ahn, Nam Soon Ahn, and America's Test Kitchen gives you the whole story—100+ family recipes, kitchen wisdom earned over decades, and the conversations that bind them together.

Gochujang butter on toast, kimchi in your potatoes, and the comfort of belonging runs through Korean American by Eric Kim, a cookbook about forging your own culinary story.