These tightly wrapped banana leaf bundles of steamed sticky rice packed with fatty pork and mung beans are traditionally ...

Chao nian gao is a Chinese dish from Shanghai that at its core is stir-fried rice cakes (made with glutinous rice flour) and cabbage, typically eaten during the Lunar New Year because it’s supposed to ...

Whether it’s Losar in Tibet, Tet in Vietnam, Seollal in Korea or Chinese New Year in China, Lunar New Year is celebrated in vastly different ways all across Asia and in Asian American homes in the ...

The history of nian gao according to Chinese legend, and how the rice cakes are eaten to mark new year in Hong Kong, mainland ...

Food is often the glue that binds a family or community, and that's especially true during Chinese New Year, the annual 15-day festival that welcomes the arrival of spring and the luck and prosperity ...

I often crave the chewy texture of rice cakes, also known as nian gao in Mandarin. You can find fresh rice cakes in Chinese or Korean grocery stores, usually in the refrigerated section near the fresh ...

2023 is the Year of the Rabbit, and with the dawn of a new year comes hope for what’s to come. Because Lunar New Year is tied to the year's first new moon, it starts anytime from mid-January to ...