The Korean Vegan Cookbook: Reflections and Recipes from Omma's Kitchen (Spiral Bound)

The Korean Vegan Cookbook by Joanne Lee Molinaro, the bestselling author and creator of the popular online sensation @thekoreanvegan, is a dazzling debut cookbook that has captured the hearts of millions. Named one of the best cookbooks of the year by Epicurious, EATER, Spruce Eats, Food52, and more, this cookbook blends delicious plant-based Korean recipes with deeply personal stories that explore love, family, and identity.

In The Korean Vegan Cookbook, Joanne challenges the notion that Korean food is only about fish sauce and barbecue. While grilled meat is common in Korean cuisine, many of the ingredients that shaped Joanne's childhood meals—such as doenjang (fermented soybean paste), gochujang (chili paste), and dashima (seaweed)—are plant-based, rich in flavor, and quintessentially Korean.

The cookbook features a mix of traditional dishes and reimagined classics, including:

• Jjajangmyun: The savory Korean-Chinese black bean noodles Joanne ate on her birthdays.
• Gamja Guk: A comforting potato-and-leek soup, a family favorite her father makes.
• Chocolate Sweet Potato Cake: A heartfelt tribute to the two foods that saved her mother's life after fleeing North Korea.

More than just a cookbook, The Korean Vegan Cookbook is a celebration of the immigrant experience and the universal life lessons food can teach us. Joanne’s recipes and personal stories show how deeply food and family shape our identities, offering readers both inspiration in the kitchen and insight into the power of love and food to bring us closer.