The rice cakes in Chinese, Korean and Japanese cuisine are made from pounded glutinous rice, giving them a chewy texture. They're available fresh (not easy to find), dried and chilled. You need ...

Tteokguk is a soup made with disc-shaped rice cakes in clear, usually beef, broth. It's a traditional must-eat New Year's dish in Korea ... is quite different from Chinese dumplings.

Enlightenment has arrived in the form of our new four-part series starting ... repertoire along the way. First up is Chinese-style steamed rice, which we're going to make this time in a rice ...