{"product_id":"133797","title":"Ramen instead of tears ","description":"\u003ccenter\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/tmgdisk01.cafe24.com\/images\/vs\/4172\/sv\/3jYCU16DtNRPPSUgFxlUxJOeSwtlup.png?v=1765019887\" style=\"max-width:100%;max-height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:95%\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:center;font-size:30px;font-weight:bolder;line-height:1.6em\"\u003e Ramen instead of tears \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"border-bottom:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-color:;padding-bottom:20px\"\u003e\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable align=\"center\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\u003ctbody style=\"border:0px\"\u003e\n\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd align=\"center\" style=\"line-height:1.2em;text-align:center;font-size:18px;color:black;font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:20px;\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/image.yes24.com\/goods\/164506401\/XL\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:95%;{split_style6}padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left;font-size:16px;font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:20px\"\u003e Description \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;font-size:14px;line-height:1.6em;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eBook Introduction\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003e★★ Pre-publication overseas copyright export contract ★★\u003cbr\u003e ★★ Books of the Year at the 2025 Frankfurt Book Fair ★★\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Because at the dinner table, I can forget the sadness of the day.”\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn a spicy, salty, and hot world\u003cbr\u003e Records of the days that fed me, comforted me, and raised me up\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Just when I feel like tears are about to burst out, a bowl of hot hangover soup miraculously melts my heart.\u003cbr\u003e On days when your head feels like it's going to explode from stress, how about the fiery, spicy taste of Buldak Bokkeum Myeon that you can't help but reach for?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Ramen Instead of Tears\" is an essay by Won Do, an essayist who has become a legend in the independent publishing industry with her outstanding writing skills. It is a humorous and touching essay about a woman who tries to move forward one step at a time despite the constant worry of 'making a living.'\u003cbr\u003e The first moving day remembered with 'Jjajangmyeon', the hard day overcome with 'Samgyeopsal', and the uncertain nights of youth comforted with 'a bowl of udon from a street food stall'.\u003cbr\u003e As you follow the memories and emotions contained in a single bowl of food, today's worries will melt away and a small courage to endure tomorrow will blossom.\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cul\u003e  \u003cli\u003eYou can preview some of the book's contents.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan\u003ePreview\u003c\/span\u003e\n\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eindex\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e [Prologue] Because at the dinner table, I can forget today's sorrows\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e [Seaweed Soup] I might start again from where I slipped\u003cbr\u003e [Kimbap] Roll it well so my heart doesn't burst\u003cbr\u003e [Jjajangmyeon] Finding my own nest\u003cbr\u003e [Clam Stew] Until the shells come together to form a shield\u003cbr\u003e [Ramen] I set my own limits\u003cbr\u003e [Rice] How to chew and swallow even the pain\u003cbr\u003e [Bibimbap] Choose a bowl that is as large as possible.\u003cbr\u003e [Kimchi] You were the main character\u003cbr\u003e [Food Stall] Towards the Light That Saves Us\u003cbr\u003e [Haejangguk] Why are there so many things to relieve?\u003cbr\u003e [Highway Rest Stop] The wheels must keep rolling\u003cbr\u003e [Chicken] Do as you please\u003cbr\u003e [Empty] Always here\u003cbr\u003e [Samgyeopsal] Even silence becomes a side dish\u003cbr\u003e [Dalgona] Even though I knew it would break\u003cbr\u003e [Buldak Bokkeum Myeon] My dream is like Buldak Bokkeum Myeon!\u003cbr\u003e [Shabu Shabu] Boil until the very last moment  \u003cbr\u003e[Mala Tang] The perfect combination\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eDetailed image\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/image.yes24.com\/momo\/TopCate6074\/MidCate009\/607385693.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Detailed Image 1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eInto the book\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e It is said that Korea was the first place in the world to harvest seaweed and also the place that consumes the most seaweed in the world.\u003cbr\u003e The first record of seaweed harvesting is said to be in the Samguk Yusa, which means that Koreans have been harvesting and eating seaweed since at least 157 AD.\u003cbr\u003e (…) How did seaweed soup, a nutritious food for women who have given birth, come to have the modern-day superstition that eating it on exam day will make you slip?\u003cbr\u003e Our ancestors may have known.\u003cbr\u003e Failure means the birth of something new.\u003cbr\u003e --- p.13 From “Seaweed Soup: It Might Start Again From That Slippery Place”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Because my older brother was born with a congenital disability, I didn't have many of the memories that were 'normal' back then, and eating kimbap on picnic days was one of them. \u003cbr\u003e(…) The mother didn’t have time to make kimbap for her daughter.\u003cbr\u003e Even as a child, I knew that making kimbap, which involves blanching spinach, marinating it in sesame oil, cutting crab meat into bite-sized pieces, finely frying eggs, and then preparing various vegetables and rolling them up with rice, was a lot of work.\u003cbr\u003e And what I wanted was not the kimbap itself, but the hard work my mom put into it and the time she spent just for me.\u003cbr\u003e --- pp.27-28 From \"Kimbap: Roll it well so your heart doesn't burst\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Clam stew, a dish made by boiling fresh clams and various vegetables in broth in a large pot, requires boiling for at least 15 minutes, but even if you keep an eye on the timer, every minute and second passes slowly.\u003cbr\u003e (…) The first broth is light, the broth that has boiled and reduced a little is just right, and the last broth has a wonderfully savory taste. This is the charm of clam stew. \u003cbr\u003eThe longer you boil it, the more delicious it becomes. The better it is to eat clam stew with a good friend.\u003cbr\u003e When you eat with a friend who makes you laugh just by sitting there with them without any pretense, you can't help but open your mouth wide and laugh like a well-cooked clam.\u003cbr\u003e --- p.47 From “Clam Stew: Until the Shells Gather to Become a Shield”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e There's still a bunch of kimchi left.\u003cbr\u003e Even though I tell her not to send me, my mom doesn't listen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e (…) “How long has it been since I sent you kimchi and it’s already getting moldy? I’ve never had that happen in my entire life….”\u003cbr\u003e I yelled at my mom, who asked as if she really didn't understand.\u003cbr\u003e How can a house with a kimchi refrigerator and a house with a used refrigerator be the same?\u003cbr\u003e What I really couldn't accept wasn't so much my one-way communication with my mom as it was my future in which I might have a kitchen with a large double-door refrigerator. \u003cbr\u003e--- pp.94-95 From \"Kimchi: You Were the Main Character\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It is said that if you add up the length of the noodles of Buldak Bokkeum Myeon sold so far, it would be enough to go back and forth between the Earth and the Moon 101 times.\u003cbr\u003e (…) How would it feel to have something I made sell so well?\u003cbr\u003e What kind of expression would I make if that moment were to unfold in reality?\u003cbr\u003e (…) Write today’s goals on a blank piece of paper.\u003cbr\u003e I've never been sure I was on the right path.\u003cbr\u003e However, I write today as well, believing that this scenery, which repeats every day, will one day bring me certainty.\u003cbr\u003e Of course, my role model is Buldak Bokkeum Myeon!\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e --- pp.181-183 From “Buldak Bokkeum Myeon: My Dream is Like Buldak Bokkeum Myeon!”\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003ePublisher's Review\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eAfter finishing the meal and sweating profusely\u003cbr\u003e Surprisingly, you'll find that a lot of things have been resolved.\u003cbr\u003e The speed at which the alcohol had not yet subsided, and the pain that was still in my heart\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eEssayist Won Do, who has been loved by many readers for his warm perspective on life, has returned this time with 'food'.\u003cbr\u003e From the time he was a child, he constantly asked himself the question, “What should I eat to live?”\u003cbr\u003e Ironically, this question came up more often after I got a job.\u003cbr\u003e Even after becoming a civil servant, which is called the 'iron rice bowl', the topic of conversation I had with my friends while grilling pork belly and eating chicken was always the same.\u003cbr\u003e “What are we going to eat from now on?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Then, when an independent publication containing the joys and sorrows of office life sold tens of thousands of copies through word of mouth alone, he quit his stable job as a civil servant and chose the path of a full-time writer.\u003cbr\u003e The worrying question, “What are you going to eat for a living?” still persists.\u003cbr\u003e But he is now unwavering in the face of that question.\u003cbr\u003e There are still times when I feel anxious, and I work several jobs to make ends meet in Seoul, making the term \"full-time\" writer seem meaningless. \u003cbr\u003eBut in all those moments, there was something I loved, warm food, and even warmer people by my side.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Ramen Instead of Tears\" is a book about the journey of living a proper life for one person.\u003cbr\u003e Sometimes a warm bowl of food can be more comforting than a hundred words.\u003cbr\u003e On days when my head feels like it's going to explode from stress, I sweat profusely and eat spicy food, and my head feels surprisingly refreshed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e If you feel like crying over anxiety about the future, a seemingly irreversible failure, or a hurtful relationship, open your mouth wide and take a bite of something delicious.\u003cbr\u003e Because the warmth of that one bite will be the strength that will help me get through today. \u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:95%;padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left;font-size:16px;font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:20px\"\u003e GOODS SPECIFICS \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left;font-size:14px;line-height:1.6em;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:100%;margin-bottom:5px;line-height:1.6em;font-size:14px\"\u003e - 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