A baked version of the traditional sticky Chinese New Year's cake made from glutinous rice flour, here topped with crunchy coconut, almonds, and sesame seeds. Evi Abeler is a New York City-based ...

The only thing better than a good recipe? When something’s so easy you don’t even need one. Welcome to It’s That Simple, a column where we talk you through the dishes and drinks we can make with our ...

Right after January 1st of each year, my parents spent almost every weekend preparing for Chinese New Year. My parents bought extra food, cleaned the house, and withdrew newly minted crisp dollar ...

Third in line of our Top 8 Chinese New Year Dishes 2020 is a special twist on a classic CNY dessert: veteran home cook Geck Chau’s recipe for Pandan Nian Gao with water chestnuts! Of all the Chinese ...

In the Taiwanese village where my wife grew up, three or four of the burliest men made the traditional New Year cake called nian gao (“year cake”). Bent over a cavernous wok, they gripped wooden ...

Celebrate Lunar New Year with Danielle Chang's baked nian gao The Lunar New Year officially begins Wednesday, but that doesn't mean you can't start celebrating a little early, especially in a sweet ...

Lunar New Year comes with a myriad of traditions, customs and auspicious acts, and food is far from being an exception Lunar New Year – which this year falls on January 25 – comes with a myriad of ...

Nian gao is a sticky rice cake. 年 (nian) means “year” and 糕 (gao) means “cake,” but nian gao can also mean “sticky cake” or “higher year,” because the pronunciations have double meanings. The cake can ...

Stir-fried nian gao is a noodle dish rooted in Shanghainese cuisine. It is made of glutinous rice flour compressed into a long stick, then sliced and dried. This dish is also known in Malaysia as bak ...

Nian Gao JB, as the business is now known, started out of necessity. When the 1997 Asian financial crisis forced his employer’s company to close, Balamurali, who had just welcomed his eldest son, ...

As a child, I loved to sit next to the stove and watch my grandmother Paw Paw Hing cook. During Chinese New Year she would be busy making dozens of traditional new year cakes called Nein Gao. The ...