Results found with the tag 'new year' , 13 articles in total.

• [Food] Chinese food: New Year Fish Salad

  Besides being full of flavors and textures, yu sheng is loaded with symbolic meaning. The raw ingredients signify the renewal of life, and the sound of the word for fish in Cantonese sounds like

  2013-11-03 12:00:01+0800

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• [Food] Chinese food: New Year Turnip Cake

  Really more like a bread than a cake, this recipe is traditionally made during the Chinese New Year season. It can also be found in dim sum restaurants throughout the year.

  2013-11-02 12:00:01+0800

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• [Food] Chinese food: Steamed Fruit Cake

  Also known as Sticky Cake, this New Years dish is traditionally fed to the Chinese Kitchen God, so that he will give a favorable report on the family's behavior throughout the previous year when

  2013-11-01 12:00:00+0800

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• [Food] Chinese food: Baked Chinese New Year Cake

  While traditional Nian Gao is steamed and does not contain butter, eggs or other ingredients normally found in a cake batter, this is a baked version that is good "if you don’t like standing ove

  2013-10-31 12:00:00+0800

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• [Food] Chinese food: Vegetarian Eight Treasures Recipe

  The Chinese believe eight is a lucky number. So they will do Vegetarian Eight Treasures Recipe for luck.

  2013-10-30 12:00:00+0800

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• [Classics] Chinese New Year Legend Story

  People often wonder why the date for Chinese New Year changes each year. The Chinese calendar is a combination solar/lunar calendar, based on a number of rather complex astronomical calculations,

  2013-10-17 17:00:00+0800

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• [Food] Chinese food: Egg Roll

  This recipe makes the thicker egg roll that is popular in western Chinese restaurants. Spring Rolls and Mini Spring Rolls are a lighter, more authentic Chinese roll.

  2013-10-16 18:00:01+0800

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• [Food] Chinese food: Chinese Tray of Togetherness

  Throughout the Chinese New Year season, it is customary to offer guests an assortment of treats from a Tray of Togetherness - a circular or octagonal shaped tray filled with an assortment of symb

  2013-10-15 16:00:00+0800

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• [Food] Chinese food: Spring Rolls春卷

  These delicate spring rolls are filled with shredded pork, shrimp, black mushrooms and garlic chives.

  2013-10-14 17:00:01+0800

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• [Food] Chinese food:Lettuce Wraps

  Popular at Asian restaurants, lettuce wraps make a great appetizer or main dish. These delicious chicken lettuce wraps are made with an oyster flavored sauce.

  2013-10-13 18:00:00+0800

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• [Customs] Symbolic Chinese Foods in Chinese New Year

  Sometimes it is based on appearance. For example, serving a whole chicken during the Chinese New Year season symbolizes family togetherness. Noodles represent a long life; an old superstition say

  2013-10-12 15:00:00+0800

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• [Customs] How to celebrate Chinese New Year

  By the time the New Year arrives, families have already spent several days preparing for the big event; cleaning the house, buying gifts, and cooking festive foods.

  2013-10-11 18:00:01+0800

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• [Customs] What is Traditional New Year in China?

  Chinese New Year (also called the Spring Festival) doesn't begin and end on a single weekend. By the time the New Year arrives, families have already spent several days preparing for the big even

  2013-10-10 10:08:34+0800

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