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Taste
A
of
Culture
K
orea
Barbara Sheen
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Foods of Korea
Barbara Sheen
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Sheen, Barbara.
Foods of Korea / by Barbara Sheen.
p. cm. -- (A taste of culture)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-7377-5115-4 (hardcover)
1. Cookery, Korean--Juvenile literature. 2. Korea--Social life and customs--Juve-
nile literature. I. Title.
TX724.5.K65S53 2010
641.59519--dc22
2010018789
Kidhaven Press
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ISBN-13: 978-0-7377-5115-4
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Contents
Chapter 1
The Heart of Korean Cooking
Chapter 2
A Delicious Balance
Chapter 3
A Snacker’s Paradise
Chapter 4
Meaningful Foods
Metric Conversions
Notes
Glossary
For Further Exploration
Index
Picture Credits
About the Author
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Chapter
1
The Heart
of Korean
Cooking
K
orea is an ancient country located on a
peninsula
south of China. It was occupied by Japan during
World War II. After the war, the
Allies
divided Korea
into two occupied zones—one in the North and one in
the South. The division was supposed to be temporary,
but in 1948 two separate nations were established, the
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, or North Ko-
rea, and the Republic of Korea, or South Korea. Today,
South Korea is a modern, prosperous country. North
Korea is a closed society to which foreign visitors are
not welcome.
Despite this division, the Korean people share the
same history, culture, and taste in food. No matter
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