Chinese New Year foods are said to help bring luck and good fortune. Here's a guide to their symbolic meanings. The post 12 Lucky Foods for Your Chinese New Year Feast appeared first on Taste of Home.

Eating together on Lunar New Year is as much tradition as it is steeped in symbolism and superstitions. In Cantonese, the number 8 means “prosper/wealth,” so we make eight dishes.

As you celebrate Lunar New Year (also referred to as Chinese New Year,) add these foods to your menu to invite prosperity, luck, and happiness in the coming year.

Celebrate Chinese New Year with all the classics, — we've got recipes for fish, noodles, dumplings, pastries and more.And if you're looking for some festive cocktails to serve, try our champagne ...

Asian Food Markets also make something called Chinese Fortune Cakes (fa gao), in traditional red and gold Lunar New Year colors. Cantonese culture also suggests eating long, uncut noodles to ...

Then we eat together," Lydia Li of Hakka Cuisine said. Fish and duck are staples for Chinese New Year, and are so foods you'd be hard-pressed to find on your average dinner table.

People in Chengdu, southwest China, enjoy a Lunar New Year feast. There are auspicious foods to eat during the festival, and others you should avoid if you want good fortune in the new lunar year.

The holiday, also referred to as Chinese New Year, kicks off the beginning of a new year on the lunar calendar. This year, it begins on Jan. 29 and spans 15 days, closing on Feb. 12, the end of ...