Cooking with H Mart: The Essential Guide, Including the World of Ingredients, Iconic Recipes, Unique Cooking Techniques, Inspiration, Inside Stories, and More

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The first cookbook from the cult-status Asian grocery store chain is a visual celebration with Korean recipes, ingredient spotlights, cultural deep dives, how-tos, and more.

When the first H Mart opened in 1982, it was just a humble grocery store in Queens, carrying the most basic of Korean ingredients. In the 43 years since then, the tiny shop has grown into America’s largest Asian supermarket chain. And for the nearly 20 million Asian Americans living across the country, H Mart has become more than a simple grocery store. It’s a place of community, a joyous connection to their culture and heritage. Cooking with H Mart is here to bring that joy home. This gorgeous, oversized cookbook and guidebook contains everything a person could ever want to know about H Mart: From its history and profiles to ingredient spotlights and how-tos.

The highlight of the book is the 75 home-cook friendly recipes that make the most of H Mart’s ingredients. There are classic Korean dishes, like Spicy Cucumber Salad (Oi Muchim), Braised Beef Short Ribs (Galbi Jjim), and Stir-Fried Sweet Potato Noodles (Japchae) as well as unique twists using contemporary flavors. Pizza-Stuffed Fish-Shaped Waffles (Pizza Bunggeobbang) rethinks a popular Korean street food by swapping out the traditional red bean paste with pizza toppings. And Cheesy Kimchi Fried Rice (Cheese Buldak Kimchi Bokkeumbap) combines hot sauce, spicy kimchi, and mozzarella to make a truly addictive comfort meal.

Overflowing with brilliantly colored photography and illustrations, charts, and infographics, Cooking with H Mart will help any reader make the most of their next grocery run.

H Mart is a family-owned supermarket that was founded in Queens, New York, in 1982 and has grown to 135 stores (and counting) across the country. H Mart is renowned and beloved as a pioneer of Asian food in America, providing the ingredients that connect multicultural communities to their home countries and to each other. The stores offer an expansive assortment of Asian groceries and prepared foods, as well as the everyday essentials and seasonal produce. 

The “H” refers to the store’s original Korean name, Han Ah Reum, which translates to “an armful,” as in an armful of groceries. Today, the company remains committed to providing the freshest ingredients and highest-quality prepared foods. As the largest international supermarket chain in America, H Mart is dedicated to serving the diverse communities that surround its stores. 
 
Stacey Kwon is the President of H Mart, America’s largest Asian supermarket chain. She was born in Queens, where her father, Il Yeon Kwon, opened the first H Mart, and raised in New York City. She is proud to carry on her family’s commitment to connecting customers to the ingredients that remind them of home.