Jeong Kwan Snim
Korean Temple Cooking
Korean Temple Cooking
- 100% Korean ingredients
- 100% natural, no preservatives added
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- Versatile staple for everyday cooking
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Highlights
Some cookbooks teach you to cook. This one teaches you to pay attention. Korean Temple Cooking is a photographic journey into the kitchen of Jeong Kwan, the Buddhist nun whose cooking drew the world to a Korean mountain temple after Netflix's Chef's Table, and into the seasonal, plant-based tradition she has practiced at Baekyangsa for more than forty years. Part cookbook, part quiet meditation on how food is grown, cooked, and shared, it belongs as much on the coffee table as in the kitchen.
Author: Hoo Nam Seelmann
Photography: Véronique Hoegger
Format: Hardcover, 448 pages
Dimensions: 24 × 17.3 cm (1,328 g)
ISBN: 9781964786186
Publisher: Hardie Grant North America
Published: September 16, 2025
어떤 요리책은 요리하는 법을 가르칩니다. 이 책은 마음을 기울이는 법을 가르칩니다. 『Korean Temple Cooking』은 넷플릭스 <셰프의 테이블> 이후 세계를 한국의 산사로 불러 모은 정관스님의 부엌으로 떠나는 사진 여정입니다. 백양사에서 마흔 해 넘게 이어온, 계절을 따르는 채식 전통이 그 안에 담겨 있습니다. 요리책이면서, 재료가 자라고 조리되고 나누어지는 방식에 대한 고요한 사색이기도 한 책. 주방만큼이나 거실 테이블 위에 어울립니다.
Description
A hermitage kitchen the world came to
Jeong Kwan cooks with no menu, no restaurant, and no formal training. She is a Buddhist nun who has spent decades at the Chunjinam hermitage of Baekyangsa — a temple in Jangseong, South Jeolla Province, set within Naejangsan National Park — and her food is an extension of her practice rather than a profession. That distinction is exactly what the culinary world found so magnetic. After she appeared in the third season of Netflix's Chef's Table, chefs and writers made the pilgrimage to her mountain kitchen, and The New York Times called her "The Philosopher Chef." Her cooking follows the old rules of Korean temple food: no meat, none of the five pungent alliums, and nothing that isn't given by the season. What remains is what the garden offers, what fermentation deepens, and what patience transforms.
A year of recipes, and the philosophy behind them
The book moves through the seasons the way Jeong Kwan's kitchen does, with additional chapters devoted to rice, noodles, tofu, kimchi, and the fermented seasonings that hold a temple meal together. Between the recipes are essays on Korean Buddhism, the daily rhythm of temple life, monastery architecture, and Jeong Kwan's own philosophy toward food. Véronique Hoegger's photography carries the same restraint as the cooking, unhurried and precise, so that the pages feel less like instruction and more like a long, unhurried visit.
A book to cook from, and to live with
You do not need to be a practiced cook to find your way into this book. Some readers will braise the shiitake and ferment the seasonings; others will simply keep it open on the counter for the way it slows a room down. It is a natural gift for anyone who met Jeong Kwan on Chef's Table and wanted to bring some of that stillness home, for the cook curious about plant-based Korean food beyond the familiar, and for the reader who collects beautiful books as much as recipes. If you have ever wished a cookbook felt like a conversation rather than a set of instructions, this is that book.
세계가 찾아온 산사의 부엌
정관스님의 요리에는 메뉴도, 레스토랑도, 정식으로 배운 이력도 없습니다. 스님은 전라남도 장성, 내장산국립공원 자락에 자리한 백양사의 암자 천진암에서 수십 년을 지내온 비구니이고, 스님에게 요리는 직업이 아니라 수행의 연장입니다. 바로 그 차이가 세계의 요리계를 끌어당겼습니다. 넷플릭스 <셰프의 테이블> 시즌 3에 소개된 뒤, 셰프와 작가들이 이 산속 부엌으로 순례하듯 찾아왔고, <뉴욕타임스>는 스님을 "철학자 셰프(The Philosopher Chef)"라 불렀습니다. 스님의 요리는 사찰음식의 오랜 원칙을 따릅니다. 고기를 쓰지 않고, 오신채를 넣지 않으며, 제철이 주지 않은 것은 쓰지 않습니다. 남는 것은 텃밭이 내어준 것, 발효가 깊게 한 것, 그리고 기다림이 바꿔 놓은 것뿐입니다.
한 해의 레시피, 그리고 그 뒤의 철학
책은 정관스님의 부엌이 그러하듯 계절을 따라 흐르고, 밥·국수·두부·김치, 그리고 한 상을 하나로 묶어 주는 발효 양념을 위한 장이 따로 마련되어 있습니다. 레시피 사이사이에는 한국 불교, 사찰의 하루, 사찰 건축, 그리고 음식을 대하는 정관스님의 철학을 담은 에세이가 실려 있습니다. 베로니크 회거의 사진은 스님의 요리와 같은 절제를 지녀, 서두르지 않고 정확합니다. 그래서 이 책의 페이지는 설명서라기보다 길고 느긋한 방문처럼 읽힙니다.
만들어 먹는 책이자, 곁에 두는 책
요리에 능숙하지 않아도 이 책 안으로 들어설 수 있습니다. 어떤 이는 표고버섯을 조리고 양념을 직접 담글 것이고, 또 어떤 이는 방 안의 공기를 가라앉히는 그 결 때문에 그저 주방 한켠에 펼쳐 둘 것입니다. <셰프의 테이블>에서 정관스님을 만나고 그 고요를 집으로 가져오고 싶었던 사람에게, 익숙한 것 너머의 한국 채식을 궁금해하는 요리하는 사람에게, 레시피만큼이나 아름다운 책을 모으는 사람에게 어울리는 선물입니다. 요리책이 설명서가 아니라 하나의 대화처럼 느껴지길 바란 적이 있다면, 이 책이 그렇습니다.
About
About the Author
Dr. Hoo Nam Seelmann is a journalist and author who was born and raised in South Korea and now lives in Switzerland.
About Jeong Kwan
Jeong Kwan is a Buddhist nun and temple cook at the Chunjinam hermitage of Baekyangsa, in Jangseong, South Jeolla Province, where she has practiced for decades. Her approach to food and Buddhist philosophy reached an international audience after she was featured in the third season of Netflix's Chef's Table, and she has since cooked and taught well beyond the temple while never leaving its practice behind.
About the Photographer
Véronique Hoegger is a Swiss photographer whose work spans portraiture, reportage, interiors, food still life, and fashion.
About the Publisher
Hardie Grant North America publishes beautifully designed books across food, lifestyle, travel, and culture.
저자 소개
후남 젤만(Hoo Nam Seelmann) 박사는 한국에서 태어나 자랐고 현재 스위스에 거주하는 저널리스트이자 작가입니다.
정관스님 소개
정관스님은 전라남도 장성 백양사의 암자 천진암에 머무는 비구니이자 사찰 요리를 만드는 분으로, 이곳에서 수십 년을 수행해 왔습니다. 음식과 불교 철학을 대하는 스님의 방식은 넷플릭스 <셰프의 테이블> 시즌 3에 소개되며 세계의 관객을 만났고, 이후 스님은 수행을 놓지 않은 채 사찰 밖에서도 요리하고 가르쳐 왔습니다.
사진작가 소개
베로니크 회거(Véronique Hoegger)는 인물, 르포르타주, 인테리어, 음식 정물, 패션을 아우르는 스위스 사진작가입니다.
출판사 소개
Hardie Grant North America는 음식, 라이프스타일, 여행, 문화 전반에 걸쳐 아름답게 디자인된 책을 펴내는 출판사입니다.

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