First up on Semicolon’s Ding Series of food essays is THE THINGS I THOUGHT ABOUT OVER BREAKFAST, a collection of riveting and exciting stories featuring all kinds of breakfast. Are you a breakfast person who eats breakfast every morning or do you usually skip your morning meal, always rushing out the door with wet hair to get to work on time? Whichever is fine. Because writer Lee often skips her breakfast although she loves it, just like we do. She knows what fun it is to open up your lunchbox—with homecooked food still warm inside—as soon as arriving to school; she wonders why morning sleep is so much sweeter than night sleep. This book isn’t some guide or manual on breakfast. Rather, it depicts scenes from life that involve the kitchen or the table—how all those mornings used to look and what their related memories are. One’s entire life is embodied in breakfasts, which come in many forms: Granny’s gimbap, street breakfast sandwich toast-u, Busan Codfish Stew, Jeonju Beansprout Soup, oatmeal—which may look easy to make but really isn’t—or something you force yourself to eat just so you can take your medicine afterwards. As a journalist for the film magazine Cine21 as well as an avid reader and book columnist, writer Lee cites morning scenes from movies and literary works that touch upon feelings of love, affection, compassion, frustration, anger, exhaustion, the temptation to run away, or even pressure. What’s more, readers will be able to look back on their own breakfast memories and add more fun to the reading experience.

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