This Thursday is Lunar New Year, which, if you're Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, or just a festive person, means you'll probably be eating with friends and family. Lunar New Year doesn't have specific holiday foods, per se. Feasting with loved ones is the most important part! Here are recipes for rice cakes, dumplings, mochi, scallion pancakes, and more. More
In preparation for Chinese New Year's, here is a recipe for fortune cookies from scratch. As opposed to the super sweet, chemical-tasting kind that gets thrown into Chinese takeout orders, these are buttery and walnutty with a finely-textured crumb. More
jewzo.com We've already started celebrating the incoming Year of the Ox, but what would astrological signs be like if they were assigned Jewish deli foods instead? Luckily Jewzo, a company devoted to this made-up Jewish Zodiac, came along and answered our prayers. Year of the Pickle includes 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, and 2009. "You’re the perfect sidekick: friends love your salty wit and snappy banter but you never overshadow them. That shows genuine seasoning from when you were a cucumber. Marry a Pastrami later in life." No offense ox, but Year of the Lox also sounds like a party. [via Save The Deli]... More
