This Lunar New Year I appeared on WBBM newsradio 780, on February 1, 2022. Nancy Landt interviewed me on Celebrating the Lunar New Year. As we come to the end of the Lunar New Year season on Lantern Festival February …
Celebrate Lunar New Year like an Expert (Part II)
How do avoid making a major faux pas during Lunar New Year? Take this lesson from The Guardian and BBC. Recently, both news sources posted Chinese food recipes along red envelopes, with a side of paper money used for remembering the dead. To read …
What are Lucky Foods?
A big part of celebrating Lunar New Year arriving on February 1st this year, involves eating. What foods must be eaten? Lucky foods, of course. In my recent Lunar New Year presentations, my audience are often at a loss …
Celebrate Lunar New Year like an Expert
Can even celebrity craft and culture experts, like Martha Stewart, make a colossal faux pas? Every year Lunar New Year’s Day changes according to a lunar calendar. For example, the Year of the Tiger arrives on February 1, 2022. On …
We Eat Chinese Food on Christmas
This may not sound surprising from a Chinese American like myself, but what if I told you this is a chapter in a book about Jewish American culture? Rabbi Joshua Plaut, author of “A Kosher Christmas: Tis The Season To Be …