Roasted Rice Cakes

Korean kids are raised on them like cows on corn: dok, or rice cakes, fill up the soup bowl and fill out the plate. Dok boki—the classic dish of rice cakes in spicy bibim sauce that is the inspiration for this dish—was a weeknight staple at the Chang house.

But my fondest memories of eating rice cakes at home come from the rare, rare occasions when my grandfather would venture into the kitchen. Dok are the only thing I ever remember him cooking. I’d sit at the kitchen