새해 복 많이 받으세요 (2012)

2012 will be a good year since everybody ate their good-luck bowl of Tteokkguk on New Year’s Day. We got together with the same group of (mostly half-Korean) families for our fourth annual Mandoo Making Party. This time, all past training hours paid off because our six kids (between the ages of 3 and 7) were not only willing, but able to make dozens of dumplings without further assistance. The grownups finished off the remaining ingredients, and everybody was sent home with a goodie bag of freshly frozen mandoo. Of course, there was a passionate game of Yut, and a full spread of other Korean foods, to which we contributed home made Yaksik and Kimchi Jjigae. Thank you Jean and Brian for this wonderful tradition!