Traditionally, when you enjoy your New Year's bowl of rice cake soup, your age increases by one year. Korean rice cakes, or tteoks, are made from either short-grain or sticky rice and come in ...

A beefy, brothy Korean soup, is as reliable as it is ubiquitous. By Eric Kim Credit...Linda Xiao for The New York Times. Food stylist: Maggie Ruggiero. Prop stylist: Megan Hedgpeth. I come from ...