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Appetite for China is a blog about Chinese food written by a young Peurto Rican Chinese woman. It’s treasure trove of recipes and ideas for Chinese food, written from a global perspective.

Chinese New Year 2010 begins from today! People will prepare sticky sweets to bribe Zaoshen who will report their family conducts to the Jade Emperor in the Heavenly Palace. And dumplings will come to the table to herald in a series of festive preparations: haircuts, house-cleaning, shopping, papercuts, doorgods, couplets, firecrackers, etc. It’s also the best time to have a rushed wedding before end of the lunar year without being bound by too many dos and don’ts!

In the South, Chinese people enjoy delicious New Year cakes during the Spring Festival. This tradition goes back to a myth about the Kitchen God, a man who was posthumously granted the position of Kitchen God after the emperor heard about his noble death. The Kitchen God reports on people’s behavior, so, the tradition goes, [...]

In the North, dumplings are by far the most common Spring Festival treat. They are made with a rice-based dough that is pasted around a filling in a crescent-like shape – a symbol of the moon and the New Year. These delicious treats have been a Spring Festival delicacy for over 1,600 years, and they [...]

Spring Festival is a time when families get together and celebrate, and just like in the West, that means lots and lots of eating! There are tons of goodies to choose from, but the most important meal happens on the night before the first day of the New Year, when families gather as one and [...]