I want to devour every cookie in this book! They look delicious and you can tell that care was taken with each recipe. The author write clear instructions, includes pictures, and defines her terms which I feel many cookbooks fall short of. Absolutely obsessed.

I've had this book on preorder since foreverrrrrr but when I saw it pop up on NetGalley I simply couldn't resist the temptation of taking a peek at the cookies and goodies that were in store for me inside this book!

As a fellow chaotic kitchen wizard, there's a lot that I really appreciate about this book. I love that the author stated she wrote this book to address a lack of diversity in baking, something I have also noted. I think I own almost every Asian baking recipe book other there and it barely fills half of one of my bookshelves. I acknowledge there are other cultures and there are a few baking recipe books but I defy you to find more than the few, the mere handful that have been published. The author also addresses the racist myth surrounding MSG (would you believe someone in 1968 just...published a racist idea? You would? Me too!) and explains specifically why she chose 108 cookies (I'll let Kat tell you herself) AND adds a difficulty rating to her recipes, something I always wish and dream from even as an intermediate baker. Honestly and truly the love of baking and an eagerness to share culture through cooking and baking drips and melts from these pages like butter.

I can already tell this will be a recipe book I reference as much if not more than I do Mayumu (by Abi Balingit). I'm not joking or overexaggerating when I say every single recipe, every cookie, brownie, and treat calls to me like a siren singing to me from her ocean of sugar and happiness. Say less, imaginary siren, let me dash myself upon gochujang and berry jam chocolate thumbprints. Allow me to drive into matcha and wasabi drop cookies. Watch as I wade into soy sauce chocolate chip cookies. I simply MUST float upon pho cookies.

Is it October 14th yet? I'm getting hungry!

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this eARC in exchange for an honest review.