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Wookwan's Korean Temple Food: The Road to the Taste of Enlightenment Hardcover – 7 May 2018

by Wookwan (Author), Dukgwan Moon (Photographer)
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Buddhist nun and chef Wookwan breaks the boundaries of spiritual exercise and culinary practice in this first-of-its-kind cookbook of Korean temple cuisine. As the first volume of temple cuisine published in English, Wookwan herself has written a meditative, elegant volume that introduces the reader to Korean temple food, including what it means to care for the ingredients at each step of preparation, following the three key principles of cooking temple food, interspersed with her own accounts and tips among the recipes. With her mastery of the ingredients and with the experience of having shared Korean temple cuisine all over the world, Wookwan is able to connect with the preparer, gently guiding at each step.Korean temple food has been practicing what we now call the “farm-to-table” concept, using ingredients that are only homegrown or naturally cultivated, combined with an eco-friendly, clean eating mindfulness with a history of over 1700 years. It is also mindful vegetarian cuisine; it does not use any animal products save for some dairy ingredients, nor does it use the “five spicy vegetables,” green onions, garlic, chives, leeks, and onions that are thought to distract the mind; instead, flavors are precisely crafted by thorough understanding of the ingredients and their natural aromas. Temple cuisine holds at its very core a reverence for life, and Wookwan’s 41 meticulous recipes embody her philosophy and conscientiousness for nourishing the not only the body, but the soul. Techniques such as fermentation and creating natural extracts and broths are included in this cookbook, as well as ways to substitute ingredients that are more readily found to recreate the very flavors of the Dorak Mountains right at home.
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    156 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Intl Content Platform
  4. Publication date
    7 May 2018
  5. Dimensions
    27.69 x 22.23 x 1.78 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    1732191409
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1732191402
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Intl Content Platform (7 May 2018)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 156 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1732191409
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1732191402
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 27.69 x 22.23 x 1.78 cm
  • Customer reviews:
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Wookwan entered the Yaksusa temple in the Gwanak Mountains in 1988 under the teaching of the Venerable Jeong Hwa. She graduated from Suwon Bongnyeongsa Sangha University where she also completed research work. She received her master's degree in Buddhist studies and completed her doctoral coursework at the University of Delhi in India; afterwards, she practiced vipasanna meditation in Myanmar and its vicinities.

In September of 2010, Wookwan participated in the first Korean Temple Food Festival held in New York City. The event was extremely well received by the local audience. Following, in October of 2014, she held a lecture and tasting at a Slow Food event held in Turin, Italy, and in 2015 went to Spain to represent Korea at Madrid Fusion 2015 to demonstrate Korean temple cuisine and traditional barley red chili paste; she also held a workshop of temple cuisine at the Korean Cultural Center in Spain.

In August 2016, with invitation from the Korean Cultural Center Kazakhstan, Wookwan presented a temple food workshop, and the following summer in 2017, hosted an exhibition and luncheon event at the Korean Cultural Center in Hungary. December of 2017, she was invited by the Korean Cultural Center New York to hold a special lecture and workshop in partnership with the Natural Gourmet Institute and the Culinary Tech Center.

Within Korea, Wookwan has held numerous lectures and programs hosted by the official educational sector of the Cultural Corps of Korean Buddhism under the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism since 2010, and in 2015, she has actively taken part in workshops and teaching events hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the Korean Food Promotion Institute. As the Director of the Mahayeon Temple Food Cultural Center in Icheon, Korea, she holds regular workshops on temple cuisine and also hosts events in partnership with Gyeonggi Province and Icheon City. Published works include Wookwan Sunim's Temple Food with a Mother's Touch and Wookwan Sunim's The Taste of Awakening in Korean. You can follow her on Instagram @wookwansunim.

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  • Silke Becker
    5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing food
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 November 2019
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    The recipes in this book are mouth-watering yet simple. Even though some ingredients can't be found outside Asia, it is easy to replace them. Try the grilled king oyster mushrooms, or the stir-fried walnuts (I used parsley instead of the recommended Sichuan pepper leaves), and you will simply want to continue trying every single recipe in this book.
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  • Adrian
    5.0 out of 5 stars Very good
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 October 2018
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    Very good
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  • bacon
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 June 2018
    A brilliant book, with delicious dishes and simple recipes, with both metric and US conversions detailed. Thoroughly recommend to all chefs, whether vegetarian, omnivorous, Buddhist or not.
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    1.0 out of 5 stars Arrived dirty and damaged.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 November 2023
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    The book arrived very dirty and damaged, scratched. I'm pretty sure I was sent a used copy although I paid for a new one. I appreciate the content of the book is the same regardless if used or new, but it would have been a gift for a loved one. :(
    The one star is obviously for the seller, the content of the book worth a million stars.
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    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 November 2023
    The book arrived very dirty and damaged, scratched. I'm pretty sure I was sent a used copy although I paid for a new one. I appreciate the content of the book is the same regardless if used or new, but it would have been a gift for a loved one. :(
    The one star is obviously for the seller, the content of the book worth a million stars.
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  • Athena Mason
    5.0 out of 5 stars The book itself beautiful - the state of it no
    Reviewed in the United States on 11 December 2023
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    Stunning book and amazing recipes however wherever they are storing it is ruining it - I would absolutely purchase this book again but from somewhere else
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    The book itself beautiful - the state of it no

    Reviewed in the United States on 11 December 2023
    Stunning book and amazing recipes however wherever they are storing it is ruining it - I would absolutely purchase this book again but from somewhere else
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  • Gabriela Aramoni
    5.0 out of 5 stars Recetas unicas
    Reviewed in Mexico on 21 March 2022
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    Se lo regalé a mi hermana, lo pidió de cumpleaños. Pero los ingredientes son un problema. Muchos no hay en México
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  • markus d.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Absolute kauf Empfehlung!!!
    Reviewed in Germany on 26 January 2024
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    Ein klasse Buch !!!! Nur zu topen wenn es in deutsch wäre
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  • intae
    4.0 out of 5 stars Nice book
    Reviewed in France on 15 April 2019
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    It is a nice book with great recipes but I am a bit disappointed. Maybe I was hoping to know more about temple food and more details about how the nuns cook...
    Ps : i think there is something missing in the bugak recipe.. the ratio of glutinous rice flour and water and how to cook it (maybe i am wrong)
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  • Julie
    5.0 out of 5 stars Temple food
    Reviewed in Australia on 2 January 2024
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    Nice book combining Korean food and the Buddhist ideology. Some products hard to find outside Korea/Asia but a nice book.
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