White cylindrical rice cakes, called garaetteok, emerged from the machine, exhaling warm steam. Their smooth surfaces glistened with moisture. I held out my hands to catch the two lines of appetizing ...

Tteoklava is a delightful fusion of the traditional Korean rice cake garaetteok and a classic baklava. The contrasting textures — thin, crispy layers of phyllo and a chewy yet fluffy centre — are ...

Tteokguk is a soup made with sliced rice cakes, usually in beef broth. It’s a traditional New Year’s dish made with garaetteok, which is unsweetened and shaped like a long cylinder. For the soup, ...

On the Lunar New Year, or Seollal, Thursday, Koreans eat "tteokguk," a beef broth-based soup filled with sliced "garaetteok" (long tube-shaped rice cake). Eating tteokguk celebrates the New Year and ...

Koreans on Nov. 11 celebrate Pepero Day, which is similar to Valentine's Day but held in autumn and named after a popular snack. Lotte Confectionary rolled out Pepero for the first time in 1983. The ...

Exploring the eating traditions of the Korean Lunar New Year table Tteokguk, that steaming bowl of hot broth studded with slices of white rice cake, is a classic Seollal staple. “In Korea, placing a ...