chinese new year
What Being Chinese, Javanese and Muslim Has Taught Me About Identity
"I'm not half of anything, I'm just wholly me."
Correspondent Takeover: Traveling 1,000 Miles To See Your Kids Once A Year
This week, Rita Chan takes over our newsletter to discuss Year Of The Dog.
We followed a Chinese couple on their annual 1,000-mile journey to see their kids
An estimated 61 million “left-behind children” only see their parents once a year during paid time-off for the Chinese New Year.
The ‘Tray of Togetherness’ Is a Lucky Dip of Sweets, Nuts, and Good Fortune
Traditionally shared with family at Chinese New Year, the Tray of Togetherness is a platter divided into either six or eight compartments that hold symbolic candies, fruits, nuts, and coins.
These Sticky Sweet Dumplings Are a Chinese New Year Essential
Tang yuan are glutinous rice balls flavoured with brightly coloured matcha or beetroot, and served in a syrupy broth.
This Chinese New Year Feast Is ‘Fusion Food’ Like You’ve Never Seen Before
When Zijun Meng and Ana Gonçalves of London Asian restaurant Ta Ta Eatery invited Portuguese, Canadian, and Hong Kong-based chefs to ring in the Year of the Rooster, it resulted in an eclectic nine-course banquet.
Behind the Chinese New Year Tradition of Burning 'Cars'
We reached out to Chinese Indonesian millennials about the traditions hold dear.
My Favorite Chinese New Year Chickens Were the Ones My Mom Killed
To this day, no other chicken compares.
My Difficulty With Chinese New Year as a Chinese-New Zealander
“In my mind Asianness has never occupied a space of celebration—at best, it was a space of ridicule; at worst, outright hatred.”
Making Nian Gao with My Mum and a Masterchef Contestant
I've always loved nian gao—the steamed rice cake traditionally eaten at Chinese New Year—but have never attempted to make it. With some help from chef Ping Coombes (and my mum), I decided to give it a go.
This Week in Food Porn: Chinese New Year Special
Grab yourselves a hot pot and take a scroll through the best Chinese New Year food uploaded to Instagram this week.
Why Eating Tonnes of Dumplings Makes for a Lucky Chinese New Year
In Chinese cuisine, dumplings are believed to bring good fortune, as they look like gold ingots. “More is generally better as a rule of thumb,” says London Chinese chef Andrew Wong.