Linda Xiao for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Monica Pierini. 2025. This year, Lunar New Year, also known as Chinese New Year, falls on Jan. 29 and ushers in the Year of the Snake. Do you For Chinese New Year, dumplings shaped to resemble ancient gold ingots represent the promise of wealth. Credit Linda Xiao for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Sue Li. Prop Stylist: Megan Hedgpeth. New York City public schools made Lunar New Year an official holiday in 2015, and for the first time this year, California is recognizing it as a statewide holiday. New York Times Cooking offers subscribers recipes, advice and inspiration for better everyday cooking. From easy weeknight dinners to holiday meals, our recipes have been tested and perfected to meet the needs of home cooks of all levels. Subscribe now for full access. For Tết, the Vietnamese Lunar New Year, the cookbook author Andrea Nguyen often makes this classic holiday dish. The rich combination of pork and eggs gets its savory flavor from fish sauce and a little sweetness from coconut water and caramel, which also brings a welcome bitter edge. Ms. Nguyen serves the dish over steamed rice and with pickled bean sprout salad to offer a refreshing contrast. This upcoming Lunar New Year is the year of the snake, which applies to those born in 1941, 1953, 1977, 1989, 2001 and 2013. In the Chinese zodiac, the snake represents wisdom and transformation During Chinese New Year, long noodles are eaten in all corners of China “Longevity noodles,” also presented at birthday celebrations, are never cut or broken by the cook, and if they can be eaten without biting through the strands, it’s considered even more auspicious Longevity noodles are usually stir fried, presenting challenges to the home cook Lunar New Year — which includes Chinese New Year, Seollal in Korea, Tet in Vietnam and more — begins on Jan. 29, kicking off more than two weeks of parties, customs and copious feasts. One of the great traditions of Chinese New Year is to clean the house, as a way to “sweep out the old in order to usher in the new,” according to Grace Young, the author of The Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen, who recently spoke to Melissa Block of National Public Radio. Beijing, China: Dragon dancers perform at a park on the first day of the Lunar New Year of Snake on Jan. 29. Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images hide caption It’s almost time again to ring in the Lunar New Year, and New York City is gearing up for the ultimate celebration, as well as many celebrations throughout the boroughs! This year, Lunar New She creates recipes for New York Times Cooking, makes videos and reports on food trends. She is the author of 45 cookbooks, and counting. She is the author of 45 cookbooks, and counting. More Asian American communities around the U.S. and around the world are ringing in the Year of the Snake Wednesday, including in New York City. The Lunar New Year, also known as the Chinese New Year Gilles Sabrié for The New York Times. By Chris Buckley and Adam Wu. Jan. 26, 2017; thrumming station were among hundreds of millions of Chinese on the move for the Lunar New Year. Many wore 10 tablespoons boiling water 1 tablespoon beet juice (or pitaya or prickly-pear juice or a concentrated hibiscus tea) for color. Optional toppings A visitor offers prayer at a Chinese temple to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year which marks the Year of the Snake on the Chinese zodiac Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, at China Town in Yokohama In China, Lunar New Year, which begins on Saturday, is a time of intense travel and the only time of year many can make it home. For those living abroad, making a trip can be impossible, whether The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from February 7, 1986, Section C, Page 1 Buy Reprints. Chinese New Year is a family celebration, a time for concluding old This year, New Year's Day of the lunar new year will be Feb. 13, but for most Chinese the celebration is a month long and includes the important Kitchen God observance, which will occur this The Lunar New Year, widely celebrated in Asia and the United States, kicks off on January 29, 2025, marking the Year of the Snake. New York State will officially observe it as a public school holiday.
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