Most Americans consider January 1 the start of the new year, but many Asians and Asian-Americans don’t. Instead, they follow ...

Unlike the lucky New Year’s foods in the West, the making of dumplings is a family bonding activity in Northern China. That’s why the dumpling-making scene in Crazy Rich Asians resonated so hard with ...

Steamed dumplings are shaped like the ancient Chinese gold currency, called ingot, and represent wealth. According to legend, the number of dumplings you eat during the new year corresponds to the ...

Many sticky Chinese New Year foods are also sweet, and that combination carries its own meaning. Sweetness represents a ...

British Chinese takeout bears so few similarities to its US counterpart that Americans have been sharing their surprise, and ...

Chinese food and a movie' has long been the trope of American Jewish Christmas, as, like other minority groups, Jews have created ways to adapt to the societies in which they live ...