Umma: A Korean Mom's Kitchen Wisdom and 100 Family Recipes

"“Oh. My. God.” I said, while biting into the accurately titled Fried Pork Rib with Cumin Seasoning Salt. Potato starch had fused into a crisp, chewy, sesame-flecked carapace around tender, garlicky rib meat. It was the kind of dish you convert to Catholicism for just so you can go to confession afterward. Less sinful but equally good were the mostly Korean riffs on chicken: Honey-Garlic Drumsticks, Soy Sauce-Braised Wings. If you’re concerned about the state of your soul (and your lipid panel), there are also hordes of vinegary pickles and banchan. Personal, specific and highly flavorful, Umma is an unusual, refreshing addition to America’s Test Kitchen’s roster of competent how-to books."