The K-pop Kitchen

From preconcert snacks to restorative post-tour meals, eat just like your favorite K-pop idols with dozens of delicious Korean recipes!

World tours, chart-topping comebacks, and stellar style—being a global K-pop icon is hard work. To stay energetic, healthy, and inspired, it all starts in the kitchen.

Loaded with delicious Korean dishes that K-pop groups like BTS, TWICE, H.O.T., and HUNTR/X would enjoy on and off the stage, The K-pop Kitchen presents recipes for delicious Korean snacks, meals, and treats that define the most iconic elements of South Korean culture.

Slurp up some delicious preshow ramyeon, heat up some voice-soothing samgyetang, or explore the lineage of K-pop with recipes from the Joseon Dynasty. For a quick snack inspired by street food from Seoul, learn how to make gimbap, tteokbokki (spicy rice cakes), or Korean corn dogs. And don’t forget a treat: From hotteok (Korean sweet pancakes) to bingsu (Korean shaved ice), this book will transport you backstage as you make delicious meals at home.

Featuring beautiful food photography, K-pop lore, natural food remedies that idols love, and fun facts, this is the perfect companion for the ultimate K-pop fan.

About the Author

Jasmine M. Cho is a Pittsburgh-based artist, author, and cookie activist most known for using portrait cookies to elevate representation for Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders. Her work has been featured internationally on NPR, HuffPost, CBS This Morning, and The Korea Daily. A TEDx speaker and Food Network Champion (“Christmas Cookie Challenge”), Jasmine hopes to use her platform to expand the frontiers of research-based bake therapy and make the kitchen a more accessible and empowering space for creativity and healing.