The menu for the Lunar New Year Tea at Parallel 37 this year included shrimp toast, duck “larb,” matcha tea cake, traditional egg custard tarts, and lychee mousse, among other delights.

Koreans celebrate with tteokguk, a brothy soup that contains thinly sliced rice cakes. Warm bowls of snake soup are also on the menu in some Hong Kong snake shops, as the Lunar New Year approaches ...

On Jan. 29, Asian American communities around the U.S. will ring in the Year of the Snake with community carnivals, family gatherings, parades, traditional food ...

Koreans celebrate with tteokguk, a brothy soup that contains thinly sliced rice cakes. Warm bowls of snake soup are also on the menu in some Hong Kong snake shops, as the Lunar New Year approaches ...

Val Gallina and her son Nico add a fun twist to their traditional nian gao, or sweet rice cake, for Lunar New Year. January 29, 2025. Additional Live Streams. Additional Live Streams.

Every year, the Lunar New Year marks the transition from one animal to another. The Year of the Dragon, which began on Feb. 10, 2024, ended Tuesday to begin the Year of the Snake.

An Ethnic Chinese Thai prays at Kwong Siew Shrine to celebrate the Lunar New Year in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit) ...

As of Jan. 29, Lunar New Year has commenced — and so has the Year of the Snake. Many Portland-area restaurants and small businesses are celebrating new beginnings with food and drink specials.

Lunar New Year, which was celebrated Wednesday, Jan. 29, is the holiday I anticipate the most every year. As we kick off this new year, I want to detail the cultural traditions and the way my family ...

The lunar calendar, unlike the Gregorian calendar, uses the phases of the moon to delineate days, weeks and months of the year. A lunar month is the period of time from one new moon to the next ...

An Ethnic Chinese Thai prays at Kwong Siew Shrine to celebrate the Lunar New Year in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit) ...