Robin Ha

[2] Ha would graduate from the Rhode Island School of Design, and relocate to Brooklyn,[2] where she began trying her hand in home cooking Korean cuisine.

[5] Ha was working as a textile designer when she contributed a single page for a comic anthology illustrating a recipe for a Korean dish.

[6] In 2014, she began illustrating recipes for Korean dishes and posting a web comic series titled "Banchan in Two Pages”.

[2] After the popularity of the series grew, Ten Speed Press approached Ha about publishing an illustrated cookbook.

[1] The graphic novel recalls Ha's experience with immigrating from South Korea to the United States as a teenager, including the tribulations with racist harassment, tension with Asian American relatives, and acclimating to foreign school and lifestyles.