Lunar New Year with Asian Inspired Ideas
from From My Carolina Home
The Lunar New Year began yesterday, January 25th, so it was a great excuse to make an Asian inspired meal, and read a couple of books with Chinese cooking as the theme. In China, even though this is the dead of winter, it is called Spring Festival and the celebration can go on for days. People wear red, and eat dumplings for good luck and prosperity in the new year. I was amazed to find out that the Chinese New Year celebrations have more fireworks worldwide than January first at midnight. It changes year to year, because it is based ...
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