Make your own version of this Chinese hot and sour noodle soup. It's a generous main course ... Add the chilli, Shaoxing rice wine, vegetable stock, bamboo shoots and the seasonings.

Chinese home cooks pressed for time often ... While the broth is simmering, prepare the other ingredients. Put the rice noodles in a wide bowl, add warm water to cover and soak until pliable ...

Tteokguk (pronounced sort of like DUK-gook) is a soup of chewy-soft rice cakes cooked in steaming ... a feature writing award for "Mississippi Chinese Lady Goes Home to Korea" and a cookbook ...