The rice cakes in Chinese, Korean and Japanese cuisine are made from pounded glutinous rice, giving them a chewy texture. They're available fresh (not easy to find), dried and chilled. You need ...

Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival ... Nian gao is a traditional New Year cake made with sticky rice, dates, sugar and lotus leaves. It represents increasing fortune. Tang yuan, or yuan xiao ...

Preparing Tikoy (Chinese rice cake) has been a tradition for Filipino-Chinese families. For Michele Lozada, she grew up knowing that tikoy symbolises the importance of a family sticking together.

Chinese New Year begins on Jan. 28. On New Year’s Eve, Chinese households worldwide will welcome the Year of the Rooster with a home-cooked family “reunion” feast. Typical Chinese New Year ...