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2017.04.16 20:52
영국 기자가 쓴 한국음식 책 'Eating Korea' 출간
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Eating Korea
Reports on a Culinary Renaissance
by Graham Holliday
About the Book
An energetic, fast-paced trip through the rapidly changing world of Korean cuisine by the author of Eating Viet Nam
Journalist, world traveler, and avid eater Graham Holliday has sampled some of the most exotic and intriguing cuisines in
countries around the globe. However, none has intrigued him more or stayed with him longer than Korea’s. On a pilgrimage
to Korea to unearth the real food eaten by locals, Holliday discovers a country of contradictions, a quickly developing
modern society that hasn’t decided whether to shed or embrace its culinary roots. Devotees still make and consume
traditional dishes in tiny holes-in-the-wall even as the phenomenon of Korean people televising themselves eating
(mukbang) spreads ever more widely.
Amid a changing culture that’s simultaneously trying to preserve what’s best about traditional Korean food while opening
itself to a panoply of global influences, that’s balancing new and old, tradition and reinvention, the real and the artificial,
Holliday seeks out the most delicious dishes in the most authentic settings-even if he has to prowl in back alleys to find them and convince reluctant restaurant owners that he can handle their unusual flavors. Holliday samples soondae (or blood
sausage); beef barbeque; bibimbap; Korean black goat; wheat noodles in bottomless, steaming bowls; and the ubiquitous
kimchi, discovering the exquisite, the inventive and, sometimes, the downright strange.
Animated by Graham Holliday’s warm, engaging voice, Eating Korea is a vibrant tour through one the world’s most fascinating cultures and cuisines.
Graham Holliday grew up in Rugby, England, and moved to Iksan, South Korea, in 1996 to teach English. He is the author of Eating Viet Nam: Dispatches from a Blue Plastic Table and the blog noodlepie about street food in Sài Gòn. He has written for the Guardian (UK), the New York Times Magazine, the South China Morning Post, Time, BBC, CNN, and many other media outlets.
Review
“Holliday captures these uniquely Korean sights, smells and flavors with appetizing detail, and along the way finds his true
prize: a hard-won understanding of the nation’s changing culture.” (Publishers Weekly)
“Holliday has a flair for bringing unique locations and provisions to life, taking readers with him into crowded restaurants and markets, creating an exciting work for food lovers interested in a combination of culinary history, cultural analysis, and travel.” (Library Journal)
