If you ask an American or European about rice cakes, they’ll probably think of the hard, dry round discs made of puffed rice that are sold in health-food shops. The rice cakes eaten by many East ...

Nian gao, known as nin gou in Cantonese, has long been a Lunar New Year staple. The sticky rice cake is considered an ...

We fry nian gao (a sweet Chinese glutinous rice cake), as well as bánh tét (savory, though sometimes sweet, Vietnamese glutinous rice rolled into log shapes with a banana leaf). My family has ...

As Phoenix Chinese Week’s president ... had only one answer to what she will be eating on Lunar New Year: tteokguk, rice cake soup. The soup's base is made from boiling beef bones or dried ...