Arrows and dotted lines are employed to give structure, but they further distract the eye. But her two-page compositions are highly nonlinear and extremely crowded, making the recipes appear more complicated than they actually are. The illustrations are colorful and charming, full of animated vegetables, a superhero can of Spam, and a winking squid. Promoted as an “intersection of graphic novel and cookbook,” it is a work in need of a traffic light. Offerings range from traditional to contemporary, and include six types of kimchi, seafood dishes such as spicy octopus and pan-fried yellow croaker, and separate chapters for stews, porridges, noodles, and street food. Ha now transitions to print with this collection of 65 drawn recipes, 50 of which are new for the book. Ha, a professional cartoonist and amateur chef, gained online notoriety for her Tumblr project entitled “Banchan in 2 Pages,” a weekly comic with illustrated instructions for various Korean dishes.
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