PHOTO: LUCY SCHAEFFER PHOTOGRAPHY; FOOD STYLING: VICTORIA GRANOF
Lunar New Year (January 22, 2023) is here, and what better way to celebrate than with a variety of sweet desserts? The traditionally Chinese holiday is also celebrated by a variety of other Southeast Asian cultures, from Japan to the Philippines and beyond, so we’ve included a variety of Asian sweets treats from those cultures here too. Give one or all of them a try this Lunar New Year—you might just discover a new favorite.
If you’re unfamiliar, Lunar New Year is similar to the New Year’s Eve celebrated in Western cultures, with a few key differences. One is that it falls at the turn of the lunisolar calendar, which includes 12 full cycles of the moon (sometimes a month is added to keep it more in line with the solar year, which is why the date changes from year to year). Secondly, fortune, happiness, and health are the main themes of Lunar New Year, though superstitions and traditions vary from place to place. We hope these recipes will help broaden your perspective and inspire you to try something new (always a great tradition for any New Year!).
If you want an insider look into Chinese New Year (and have a few hours on your hands), check out our Budget Eats: Chinese New Year Edition. In it, June, our former senior food producer and resident budget eats expert, set out to cook a whole week's worth of Chinese New Year-themed meals for herself using ingredients from her mom's pantry. There are highs (tang yuan), there are lows (gingko nuts are a no-go), and you’ll ultimately leave with the reminder that “life really is too short if you live perpetually in the future, [so better celebrate now while you can].”
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