A completed recipe of miyeok guk, Korean seaweed soup. It's made to celebrate birthdays, but also as a means of reminding those who eat it of the postpartum journey their mothers have gone through.
Miyeok guk is a seaweed soup consumed on birthdays in Korea. It is also the first meal served to many new moms after delivering a baby. The soup is believed to help with postpartum recovery by ...
Author-illustrator Hyewon Yum’s picture book A Spoonful of the Sea examines the Korean tradition of miyeok-guk, a seaweed soup that’s served to both nursing mothers the month after they give birth, ...
Daebak! – pronounced DEH-bahk, often with a long, guttural emphasis on the first syllable – can be a noun, an adjective or an interjection that expresses approval when something is truly great. It’s ...
Eric wrote, “If I could have only 10 Korean dishes for the rest of my life, these would be it.” By Sam Sifton Credit...Bobbi Lin for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Sue Li. Prop Stylist: Sophia ...
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Seaweed washed ashore

A resident collects seaweed, known as "miyeok" in Korean, at a beach in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, northeastern South Korea, on April 9, 2025. Koreans use seaweed to make "miyeokguk," Korea's ...